Tahan croissants

Tahan croissants
Systematics
Order :	Rodents (Rodentia)
Subordination :	Squirrel relatives (Sciuromorpha)
Family :	Squirrel (Sciuridae)
Subfamily :	Squirrel (Callosciurinae)
Genre :	Sunda tree squirrel ( Sundasciurus )
Type :	Tahan croissants
Scientific name
	Sundasciurus tahan
	( Bonhote , 1908)

The Tahan squirrel ( Sundasciurus tahan ) is a species of squirrel from the genus of the Sunda tree squirrel ( Sundasciurus ). It occurs on the Malay Peninsula in the high elevations at Gunung Tahan .

features

The Tahan croissant reaches a head-trunk length of about 15.5 centimeters, the tail is about 10.4 centimeters long and thus shorter than the rest of the body. It corresponds in its appearance to the Sunda slender squirrel ( Sundasciurus tenuis ), but is slightly larger and has a darker fur. The tail is curled and the hair tips of the fur are sandy colored and not white.

distribution

The Tahan croissant is found only in the high areas of Gunung Tahan on the Malay Peninsula.

Way of life

No data are available on the way of life of the Tahan croissant.

Systematics

The Tahan croissant was not considered a separate species until 2010 and was accordingly not included in Wilson & Reeder 2005, edited by Richard W. Thorington Jr. In the Squirrels of the World from 2012, also edited by Thorington, however, the species was considered and listed as an independent species by Robert den Tex and others from 2010 due to a molecular biological work on the phylogeny of the genus.

Apart from the nominate form, no subspecies are distinguished within the species .

Status, threat and protection

Information on the status and endangerment of the Tahan squirrel does not exist, the species has not yet been included in the IUCN database .

supporting documents

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Richard W. Thorington Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele: Squirrels of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2012; Pp. 192-193. ISBN 978-1-4214-0469-1
↑ Genus Sundasciurus ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .

↑ Robert-Jan den Tex, Richard Thorington, Jesus E. Maldonado, Jennifer A. Leonard: Speciation dynamics in the SE Asian tropics: Putting a time perspective on the phylogeny and biogeography of Sundaland tree squirrels, Sundasciurus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55 (2), May 2010; Pp. 711-720 doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2009.12.023 .

literature

Richard W. Thorington Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele: Squirrels of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2012; Pp. 192-193. ISBN 978-1-4214-0469-1

[Thorington_et_al._2012-1] Richard W. Thorington Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele: Squirrels of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2012; Pp. 192-193. ISBN 978-1-4214-0469-1

[Wilson_&_Reeder_2005-2] Genus Sundasciurus ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .

[den_Tex_et_al._2010-3] Robert-Jan den Tex, Richard Thorington, Jesus E. Maldonado, Jennifer A. Leonard: Speciation dynamics in the SE Asian tropics: Putting a time perspective on the phylogeny and biogeography of Sundaland tree squirrels, Sundasciurus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55 (2), May 2010; Pp. 711-720 doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2009.12.023 .