The Mentawai squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is one of about twenty species that are endemic to the Mentawai Islands, which lie off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, so it occurs nowhere else. Three subspecies are recognised: Callosciurus melanogaster melanogaster, C. m. mentawi and C. m. atratus. Because it lives only on this small group of islands its population is small and isolated, and the IUCN lists it as Vulnerable because of habitat loss. The source article is short and gives no description of its appearance, diet or behaviour.
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This small isolated population is listed as "Vulnerable" by the IUCN due to habitat loss.
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