Philippine tree squirrel

Philippine tree squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sundasciurus
Species:
S. philippinensis
Binomial name
Sundasciurus philippinensis
(Waterhouse, 1839)

The Philippine tree squirrel (Sundasciurus philippinensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae which is endemic to the Philippines. The Philippine tree squirrel can only be found in Palawan, Bohol, Leyte and Samar and in Siargao.[2] It is locally known as laksoy or kulagsing in the Visayan languages, like other endemic Philippine squirrels.[3][4]

It was described by Waterhouse in 1839 in Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839:117, UPLB Museum of Natural History reported.

References

  1. ^ Ong, P.; Balete, D.; Heaney, L. (2016). "Sundasciurus philippinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21160A22250172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21160A22250172.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Felongco, Gilbert (February 23, 2023). "Squirrel invasion in Manila raises disease fears". Gulf News. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  3. ^ Abella, Mark Regie (27 May 2024). "Philippine squirrels spotted in forest of Ormoc City, Leyte". GMA News Online. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  4. ^ Hillegers, Paul J.; Briones, Nicomedes D.; Ticsay, Mariliza V.; Fule, Carina S. (2006). Participatory Knowledge Generation: The Case of the Biodiversity Research Programme (BRP) for Development, Mt. Malindang, Philippines (PDF). Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), Biodiversity Research Programme for Development in Mindanao: Focus on Mt. Malindang and Environs. ISBN 978-971-560-132-0.

Further reading

  • 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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