Tufted pygmy squirrel
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Exilisciurus |
| Species: | E. whiteheadi
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| Exilisciurus whiteheadi (Thomas, 1887)
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The tufted pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus whiteheadi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to highland forest in Borneo, where it can be found foraging on tree trunks. The common name of this tiny squirrel refers to its distinctive ear-tufts. It is omnivorous, with its diet consisting of a mix of insects, primarily ants, flakes of tree bark, mosses, and fruit and vegetable matter.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b Meijaard, E. (2016). "Exilisciurus whiteheadi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T8438A22244851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T8438A22244851.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Phillipps, Quentin (2016-05-10). Phillipps' Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo and Their Ecology. Princeton, New Jersey Oxford, United Kingdom: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-16941-5.
- 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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