Prevost's Squirrel
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| Callosciurus prevostii (Desmarest, 1822) |
Prevost's Squirrel or Asian Tri-colored Squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. They eat fruits, nuts, seeds, buds, flowers, insects and bird eggs. These squirrels carry the fruits far from the tree and drop the seeds when finished with their meal. The seeds far from the parent tree with reduced likelihood to be eaten by other animals bear an opportunity to produce new generation of plants.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Callosciurus prevostii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Prevost's Squirrel at Animal Diversity Web
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