Busuanga Squirrel
Sundasciurus hoogstraali (Sanborn, 1952)
Also calledBusuanga-Hörnchen (deu) · busuangasaarenorava (fin) · sundajka kalamiańska (pol) · Бусуангская белка (rus) · ブスアンガスンダリス (jpn)
First described in: Fieldiana Zool. vol.33 p.115
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Busuanga Squirrel is diurnal.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Sciuridae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Busuanga Squirrel is locally common and is successful in secondary forests and gardens. It is hunted at times because it can be an agricultural pest, butthis is unlikely to be a major threat. However, there is ongoing habitat loss due to conversion offorests to slash and burn areas that it does not tolerate.
Sciuridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437478.