Sanghir squirrel

Sanghir squirrel
On Siau Island (Sangir Islands, Indonesia)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Prosciurillus
Species:
P. rosenbergii
Binomial name
Prosciurillus rosenbergii
(Jentink, 1879)

The Sanghir squirrel (Prosciurillus rosenbergii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.[2] It is endemic to the volcanic Sangir Islands (where they are the only squirrel) in Indonesia, located just north of the equator in the Celebes Sea, between the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.[1]

  1. ^ a b Chiozza, F. (2016). "Prosciurillus rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136574A22256373. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136574A22256373.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.