Brooke's squirrel, Sundasciurus brookei, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae that is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest, and it is threatened by habitat loss, although the IUCN Red List assesses it as Least Concern. The species was named for Charles Brooke, the second White Rajah of Sarawak, by the zoologist Oldfield Thomas, who described it in 1892 from a specimen collected by Charles Hose on Mount Dulit. It belongs to the genus Sundasciurus, which also includes the Busuanga squirrel and the Culion tree squirrel.
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It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
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It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
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It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Brooke's squirrel (Sundasciurus brookei) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
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