Jentink's squirrel, Sundasciurus jentinki, is a rodent in the family Sciuridae that is named in honour of the Dutch zoologist Fredericus Anna Jentink. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia, and its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest. Wikipedia notes that it is threatened by habitat loss. It was first described as Sciurus jentinki by Oldfield Thomas in 1887, and the Mammal Diversity Database records the type material as syntypes from Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia. The database places the species in the Indomalayan biogeographic realm, lists it as living and found in the wild, and gives its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern.
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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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Sundasciurus jentinki
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