Shrew-faced squirrel
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| Shrew-faced squirrel | |
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| File:Rhinosciurus laticaudatus - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Genoa, Italy - DSC02804.JPG | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Callosciurinae |
| Genus: | Rhinosciurus Blyth, 1856 |
| Species: | R. laticaudatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhinosciurus laticaudatus (S. Müller, 1840)
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| File:Range Rhinosciurus laticaudatus.png | |
The shrew-faced squirrel (Rhinosciurus laticaudatus), also known as the long-nosed squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Rhinosciurus.[2] It is found in forests in Peninsular Malaysia (possibly also in adjacent southern Thailand), Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo. This peculiar, terrestrial squirrel mainly feeds on insects and earthworms.[3] It quite closely resembles a Tupaia treeshrew in appearance, but the shrew-faced squirrel can be recognized by its shorter gape, and shorter and more bushy tail.[3]
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