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Sundasciurus jentinki

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA RODENTIA SCIURIDAE

Scientific Name: Sundasciurus jentinki
Species Authority: (Thomas, 1887)
Common Name/s:
English – Jentink's Squirrel

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s Duckworth, J.W. & Meijaard, E.
Evaluator/s: Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification:
Listed as Least Concern because there are no major threats to this species, it occurs at more than 5 locations within its range, and it is expected to be found more widely in the Borneo mountains, which needs to be substantiated. Because it is a hill species the major forest conversion in Borneo occurs below this species' range.
History:
1996 – Vulnerable (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This type locality of this species is Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It probably also occurs on all of central mountain range of Borneo, but this needs to be substantiated.
Countries:
Native:
Malaysia
Presence uncertain:
Indonesia
Range Map:
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Population [top]

Population: This species is common in suitable habitat.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species is found in montane forests.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): It is threatened by small-scale agriculture for strawberries and potatoes.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in several protected areas across its range.
Citation: Duckworth, J.W. & Meijaard, E. 2008. Sundasciurus jentinki. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 December 2008.
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