Tufted Ground Squirrel

Tufted Ground Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Rheithrosciurus
Species: R. macrotis
Binomial name
Rheithrosciurus macrotis
(Gray, 1857)
Tufted Ground Squirrel

The Tufted Ground Squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Rheithrosciurus. It is found only on the island of Borneo, in Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia.

References

  1. ^ Duckworth, J. W. & Meijaard, E. (2008). Rheithrosciurus macrotis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.