- Source: Philippine tree squirrel
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. It is locally known as laksoy or kulagsing in the Visayan languages, like other endemic Philippine squirrels.
It was described by Waterhouse in 1839 in Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839:117, UPLB Museum of Natural History reported.
References
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.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Mamalia di Kalimantan
- Philippine tree squirrel
- Squirrel
- Pallas's squirrel
- Indian palm squirrel
- Prevost's squirrel
- Callosciurini
- Finlayson's squirrel
- Plantain squirrel
- Sundasciurus
- Northern Palawan tree squirrel
