The sculptor squirrel, also called the Bornean pygmy squirrel (Glyphotes simus), is a small rodent of the family Sciuridae that was described by Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas in 1898. It is the only species in the genus Glyphotes and is endemic to northern Borneo, in Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia, where it lives at elevations from about 285 to 1,800 metres. The body is roughly 95 to 145 millimetres long and the tail about 100 millimetres. The chest, undersurface, sides of the nose, ear margins and tops of the digits are yellow, while the tip of the tail is black.
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It is endemic to northern Borneo in Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia)
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It is endemic to northern Borneo in Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia)
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is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae
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(Glyphotes simus)
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