Philippine tree squirrel

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ong, P. |author2=Balete, D. |author3=Heaney, L. |date=2016 |title=Sundasciurus philippinensis |volume=2016 |page=e.T21160A22250172 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21160A22250172.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Sundasciurus

| species = philippinensis

| authority = (Waterhouse, 1839)

| range_map = Range Sundasciurus philippinensis.png

}}

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.{{cite news |last1= Felongco|first1=Gilbert |title=Squirrel invasion in Manila raises disease fears|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/philippines/squirrel-invasion-in-manila-raises-disease-fears-1.69897689 |accessdate=May 5, 2024 |publisher= Gulf News|date=February 23, 2023}} It is locally known as laksoy or kulagsing in the Visayan languages, like other endemic Philippine squirrels.{{cite news |last1=Abella |first1=Mark Regie |title=Philippine squirrels spotted in forest of Ormoc City, Leyte |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/908091/philippine-squirrels-ormoc-leyte/story/?just_in |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=GMA News Online |date=27 May 2024}}{{cite book |last1=Hillegers |first1=Paul J. |last2=Briones |first2=Nicomedes D. |last3=Ticsay |first3=Mariliza V. |last4=Fule |first4=Carina S. |title=Participatory Knowledge Generation: The Case of the Biodiversity Research Programme (BRP) for Development, Mt. Malindang, Philippines |date=2006 |publisher=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 |url=http://brp.searca.org/pdfs/Participatory%20Knowledge%20Generation.pdf}}

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