Red-tailed pointed squirrel
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Drawing by Joseph Wolf from 1865 |
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The red-tailed pointed squirrel ( Tupaia splendidula ) occurs with five subspecies on Borneo and some smaller Indonesian islands. The nominate form ( Tupaia splendidula splendidula ) lives in Indonesian, central and southern Borneo, T. splendidula carimatae occurs on Karimata not far from the west coast of Borneo, T. splendidula lucida lives on Pulau According to one of the Natuna islands , T. splendidula natunae occurs Natuna Besar , which also belongs to the Natuna Islands, and T. splendidula riabus is endemic to Kiabu, one of the Anambas Islands.
features
The red-tailed pointed squirrel reaches a head-trunk length of 15 to 17.5 cm, has a 12 to 15 cm long tail and 40 to 43 mm long rear feet. The weight of the animals is between 110 and 150 g. On Borneo, the animals are dark red-brown and become increasingly darker from front to back. The light stripe on the shoulders, which is characteristic of many species of pointed squirrel, is present. T. splendidula carimatae and T. splendidula natunae are bright red in color with dark feet and a brownish ventral side. The head and face of most subspecies are variable in color, often light reddish with sprinkles of gray or brownish hair.
Way of life
The red-tailed pointed squirrel is likely only found in the lowlands of Borneo in primary and secondary forests and in the southeast of the island in the peat bog forests of Borneo . So far there is no information about their diet, their activity patterns, their territorial and reproductive behavior.
Danger
The IUCN has assessed the population of the red-tailed pointed squirrel as safe.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Melissa Hawkins: Family Tupaiidae (Treeshrews). In: Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier (eds.): Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 8: Insectivores, Sloths and Colugos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2018, ISBN 978-84-16728-08-4 , pp. 242–269 (pp. 268–269)
- ↑ Tupaia splendidula in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2016 Posted by: Cassola, F., 2016. Retrieved on June 18 of 2019.