Montane long-nosed squirrel

Montane long-nosed squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Hyosciurus
Species:
H. heinrichi
Binomial name
Hyosciurus heinrichi
Archbold & Tate, 1935

The montane long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus heinrichi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It was discovered during a 1930 expedition led by Gerd Heinrich.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Hyosciurus heinrichi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10635A22262335. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10635A22262335.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bernd Heinrich, The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology (2007), p. 92. ISBN 978-0-06-074215-7
  • Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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