Glyphotes is a monotypic genus containing the single species Glyphotes simus, the sculptor or Bornean pygmy squirrel, endemic to the Sabah and Sarawak regions of northern Borneo, where it lives at elevations from about 285 to 1,800 meters. A very small squirrel, 95 to 145 millimeters long in the body with a roughly 100 millimeter tail, it is marked by yellow coloring on the chest, undersurface, sides of the nose, ear margins, and digits, and by a black-tipped tail; the IUCN lists it as Data Deficient. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Malaysia, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ9268820, descriptionView the Source 2. Glyphotes (Wikipedia)
Introduction
The sculptor squirrel or Bornean pygmy squirrel (Glyphotes simus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the SourceWikidata: Glyphotes
Wikidata Q893962, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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