Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel

Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel
Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sundasciurus
Subgenus: Aletesciurus
Species: S. juvencus
Binomial name
Sundasciurus juvencus
(Thomas, 1908)

The Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Ong, P., Tabaranza, B., Rosell-Ambal, G. & Balete, D. (2008). Sundasciurus juvencus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 8 January 2009.
  • 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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