Upland squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Sundasciurus |
Species: | S. tahan
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Binomial name | |
Sundasciurus tahan (Bonhote, 1908)
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The upland squirrel (Sundasciurus tahan), also known as the mountain slender squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Native to Peninsular Malaysia, it inhabits montane and lower montane forests including portions of the Titiwangsa Mountains and Gunung Tahan.[1]