Sunda Squirrel

Sundasciurus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae.^[1] It contains 20 species:

• Genus Sundasciurus
  • Sumatran mountain squirrel (Sundasciurus altitudinis)
  • Brooke's squirrel (Sundasciurus brookei)
  • Davao squirrel (Sundasciurus davensis)
  • Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Sundasciurus everetti)
  • Fraternal squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus)
  • Horse-tailed squirrel (Sundasciurus hippurus)
  • Busuanga squirrel (Sundasciurus hoogstraali)
  • Jentink's squirrel (Sundasciurus jentinki)
  • Northern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus)
  • Low's squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii)
  • Mindanao squirrel (Sundasciurus mindanensis)
  • Culion tree squirrel (Sundasciurus moellendorffi)
  • Natuna squirrel (Sundasciurus natunensis)
  • Philippine tree squirrel (Sundasciurus philippinensis)
  • Palawan montane squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori)
  • Robinson's squirrel (Sundasciurus robinsoni)
  • Samar squirrel (Sundasciurus samarensis)
  • Southern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus steerii)
  • Upland squirrel (Sundasciurus tahan)
  • Slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis)

References

• den Tex, R.-J., Thorington, R., Maldonado, J.E., Leondard, J.A. 2010. Speciation dynamics in the SE Asian tropics: Putting a time perspective on the phylogeny and biogeography of Sundaland tree squirrels, Sundasciurus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 711–720.
• Hawkins, M.T.R., Helgen, K.M., Maldonado, J.E., Rockwood, L.L., Tsuchiya, M.T.N., Leonard, J.A. 2016. Phylogeny, biogeography and systematic revision of plain long-nosed squirrels (genus Dremomys, Nannosciurinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 752–764.
• Hinckley, A., Hawkins, M. T., Achmadi, A. S., Maldonado, J. E., & Leonard, J. A. (2020). Ancient Divergence Driven by Geographic Isolation and Ecological Adaptation in Forest Dependent Sundaland Tree Squirrels. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 208.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.00208/full