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Slender Squirrel
Sundasciurus tenuis (Horsfield, 1824)
Also calledArdilla de Sonda de Tierras Bajas (spa) · Bajing Bancirot (ind) · Ecureuil élancé (fra) · Slankekorn (nob) · Sunda-Schlankhörnchen (deu) · malesianorava (fin) · sundajka drobna (pol) · veverka štíhlá (ces) · Λεπτός Σκίουρος (ell) · Стройная белка (rus) · กระรอกหางม้าเล็ก (tha) · ホソスンダリス (jpn)
First described in: Zool. Res. Java vol.1824 p.153
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Slender Squirrelis diurnal.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Mostly lowerstrata oftall and secondary forests, in lowlands and hills up to elevations of ¢. 1650 m. In Borneo, the Slender Squirrel is more common in lower areas, and in mountain ranges of northern and central Borneo, it appears to be ecologically replaced byJentink’s Squirrel (S. jentinki).
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. A population density of 0 - 13 ind / ha was estimated for the Slender Squirrel in Ulu Muda Forest Reserve, Kedah, Malaysia.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but litter size in the Slender Squirrel is 2 - 4 young, with a mode of three.
Sciuridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437480.