Sculptor squirrel

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| image = Glyphotes simus 314588023 (cropped).jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Gerrie, R. |author2=Kennerley, R. |author3=Koprowski, J. |date=2016 |title=Glyphotes simus |volume=2016 |page=e.T9283A22255329 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9283A22255329.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| parent_authority = Thomas, 1898

| display_parents = 2

| taxon = Glyphotes simus

| authority = Thomas, 1898

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The sculptor squirrel or Bornean pygmy squirrel (Glyphotes simus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It was described by Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas in 1898. It is monotypic within the genus Glyphotes. It is endemic to northern Borneo in Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia) and inhabits areas elevated at {{convert|285|–|1800|m}}.

The body is {{convert|95|to|145|mm}} long, and the tail length is approximately 100 mm. The chest, undersurface, sides of the nose, margins of the ears and dorsal surface of the digits are yellow, whereas the tip of the tail is black.

References

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Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey (2013) [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Glyphotes_simus/classification/ Glyphotes simus sculptor squirrel]. The Animal Diversity Web

{{cite book|author=Ronald M. Nowak|title=Walker's Mammals of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7W-DGRILSBoC&pg=PA1290|access-date=4 January 2013|date=7 April 1999|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-5789-8|pages=1290–}}

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Further reading

  • Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA782 Family Sciuridae]. pp. 754–818 (782) 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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Category:Callosciurinae

Category:Rodents of Malaysia

Category:Endemic fauna of Malaysia

Category:Endemic fauna of Borneo

Category:Mammals described in 1898

Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Rodents of Borneo

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