World Species : Sundasciurus lowii (Low's squirrel)

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Sundasciurus lowii (Low's squirrel)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Low's squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 7.65

EDGE Score: 2.16

Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight ^[1]	67 grams

Diet ^[2]	Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit ^[2]	60 %
Diet - Invertibrates ^[2]	10 %
Diet - Plants ^[2]	30 %
Forages - Arboreal ^[2]	100 %

Litter Size ^[1]	3
Maximum Longevity ^[1]	11 years
Snout to Vent Length ^[3]	6 inches (14 cm)

Ecoregions

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Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Borneo lowland rain forests	Indonesia, Malaysia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Borneo montane rain forests	Indonesia, Malaysia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Borneo peat swamp forests	Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Indochina mangroves	Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam	Indo-Malayan	Mangroves
Kinabalu montane alpine meadows	Malaysia	Indo-Malayan	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests	Malaysia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests	Malaysia, Thailand	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Peninsular Malaysian rain forests	Indonesia, Malaysia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests	Indonesia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran freshwater swamp forests	Indonesia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran lowland rain forests	Indonesia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran montane rain forests	Indonesia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran peat swamp forests	Indonesia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Sumatran tropical pine forests	Indonesia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests
Sunda Shelf mangroves	Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei	Indo-Malayan	Mangroves
Sundaland heath forests	Indonesia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests	Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia	Indo-Malayan	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic	Species	Website
Indo-Burma	Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam	No
Sundaland	Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand	No

Prey / Diet

Ficus fraseri	^[4]
Ficus megaleia	^[4]
Ficus obscura	^[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Competing Species	Common Prey Count
Alcippe brunneicauda (Brown Fulvetta)	1
Alophoixus bres (Grey-cheeked Bulbul)	1
Alophoixus finschii (Finsch's Bulbul)	1
Alophoixus pallidus (Puff-throated Bulbul)	1
Alophoixus phaeocephalus (Yellow-bellied Bulbul)	1
Amaurornis phoenicurus (White-breasted Waterhen)	1
Anorrhinus galeritus (Bushy-crested Hornbill)	1
Anthracoceros malayanus (Black Hornbill)	1
Arctictis binturong (Binturong)	1
Arctonyx collaris (Hog Badger)	1
Buceros rhinoceros (Rhinoceros Hornbill)	1
Callosciurus adamsi (ear-spot squirrel)	1
Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas's squirrel)	1
Callosciurus nigrovittatus (black-striped squirrel)	1
Callosciurus prevostii (Prevost's squirrel)	2
Caloramphus fuliginosus (Brown Barbet)	2
Calyptomena viridis (Green Broadbill)	2
Chloropsis cochinchinensis (Blue-winged Leafbird)	1
Chloropsis cyanopogon (Lesser Green Leafbird)	1
Chloropsis sonnerati (Greater Green Leafbird)	1
Cissa chinensis (Common Green Magpie)	1
Copsychus saularis (Oriental Magpie-Robin)	2
Dicaeum chrysorrheum (Yellow-vented Flowerpecker)	2
Dicaeum ignipectus (Fire-breasted Flowerpecker)	1
Dicaeum trigonostigma (Orange-bellied Flowerpecker)	1
Ducula badia (Mountain Imperial Pigeon)	1
Ducula bicolor (Pied Imperial Pigeon)	1
Eudynamys scolopaceus (Asian Koel)	1
Garrulax perspicillatus (Masked Laughingthrush)	1
Gracula religiosa (Hill Myna)	1
Gracupica nigricollis (Black-collared Starling)	1
Hemixos flavala (Ashy Bulbul)	1
Hylobates lar (white-handed gibbon)	2
Hylobates moloch (silvery gibbon)	1
Iole olivacea (Buff-vented Bulbul)	2
Irena puella (Asian Fairy-bluebird)	2
Ixos malaccensis (Streaked Bulbul)	1
Loriculus galgulus (Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot)	1
Macaca cyclopis (Taiwan macaque)	1
Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque)	2
Macaca nemestrina (pigtail macaque)	1
Melursus ursinus (Sloth Bear)	1
Oriolus xanthonotus (Dark-throated Oriole)	2
Oriolus xanthornus (Black-hooded Oriole)	1
Parus major (Great Tit)	1
Passer montanus (Eurasian Tree Sparrow)	1
Pericrocotus igneus (Fiery Minivet)	1
Pongo pygmaeus (orangutan)	2
Prionochilus maculatus (Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker)	1
Prionochilus percussus (Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker)	1
Prionochilus xanthopygius (Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker)	1
Psilopogon australis (Yellow-eared Barbet)	1
Psilopogon chrysopogon (Gold-whiskered Barbet)	2
Psilopogon haemacephalus (Coppersmith Barbet)	1
Psilopogon henricii (Yellow-crowned Barbet)	1
Psilopogon mystacophanos (Red-throated Barbet)	2
Psilopogon rafflesii (Red-crowned Barbet)	1
Psilopogon zeylanicus (Brown-headed Barbet)	1
Pteropus alecto (black flying fox)	1
Ptilinopus cinctus (Banded Fruit Dove)	1
Pycnonotus atriceps (Black-headed Bulbul)	2
Pycnonotus aurigaster (Sooty-headed Bulbul)	1
Pycnonotus brunneus (Asian Red-eyed Bulbul)	2
Pycnonotus cyaniventris (Grey-bellied Bulbul)	2
Pycnonotus erythropthalmos (Spectacled Bulbul)	1
Pycnonotus eutilotus (Puff-backed Bulbul)	2
Pycnonotus goiavier (Yellow-vented Bulbul)	1
Pycnonotus jocosus (Red-whiskered Bulbul)	1
Pycnonotus melanicterus (Black-crested Bulbul)	1
Pycnonotus melanoleucos (black-and-white bulbul)	1
Pycnonotus plumosus (Olive-winged Bulbul)	1
Pycnonotus simplex (Cream-vented Bulbul)	1
Pycnonotus sinensis (Light-vented Bulbul)	1
Pycnonotus squamatus (Scaly-breasted Bulbul)	1
Spilopelia chinensis (Spotted Dove)	1
Spodiopsar sericeus (Red-billed Starling)	1
Streptopelia orientalis (Oriental Turtle-Dove)	1
Sturnia sinensis (White-shouldered Starling)	1
Sundasciurus tenuis (slender squirrel)	1
Symphalangus syndactylus (siamang)	1
Trachypithecus francoisi (François's leaf monkey)	1
Trachypithecus obscurus (dusky leaf monkey)	1
Treron curvirostra (Thick-billed Green Pigeon)	2
Treron olax (Little Green Pigeon)	1
Trichoglossus haematodus (Coconut Lorikeet)	1
Tricholestes criniger (Hairy-backed Bulbul)	1
Tupaia glis (Common Treeshrew)	1
Turdus hortulorum (Grey-backed Thrush)	1
Turdus merula (Eurasian Blackbird)	1
Turdus pallidus (Pale Thrush)	1
Zosterops japonicus (Japanese White-eye)	1

Consumers

Parasitized by
Medwayella loncha	^[5]
Medwayella veruta	^[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ ¹de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ ²Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ ³Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ ⁴"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529572
♦ ⁵International Flea Database

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database

Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location
Batang Ai National Park	II	62638	Sarawak, Malaysia
Berbak National Park	II	423927	Sumatra, Indonesia
Betung Kerihun National Park	II	1945086	Kalimantan, Indonesia
Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve	IV	4602	Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia
Gunung Leuser National Park	II	2203368	Sumatra, Indonesia
Gunung Palung National Park	II	271203	Kalimantan, Indonesia
Khao Luang National Park	II	143331	Thailand
Khao Pu - Khao Ya National Park	II	176398	Thailand
Krau Wildlife Reserve	IV	149823	Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia
Kutai National Park	II	560076	East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Sungai Lalang Forest Reserve Virgin Jungle Reserve	Ia		Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia
Tabin Wildlife Reserve	IV	275051	Sabah, Malaysia
Taman Negara National Park	II	1122273	Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia
Ulu Temburong National Park	II	123279	Brunei Darussalam