Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Sciuridae > Sundasciurus > Sundasciurus tenuisSundasciurus tenuis (slender squirrel)The slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is arboreal and found in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. The body is brown on the upper parts and light grey on the underparts. The body measures about 13-16 cm, with a slightly shorter slender tail. It feeds on soft bark, fruits and insects. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.65 EDGE Score: 2.16 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 75 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] | 10 years | | Snout to Vent Length [3] | 7 inches (17 cm) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
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Borneo lowland rain forests |
Indonesia, Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Borneo montane rain forests |
Indonesia, Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Borneo peat swamp forests |
Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Indochina mangroves |
Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam |
Indo-Malayan |
Mangroves |
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Myanmar Coast mangroves |
India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand |
Indo-Malayan |
Mangroves |
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Peninsular Malaysian montane rain forests |
Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Peninsular Malaysian peat swamp forests |
Malaysia, Thailand |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Peninsular Malaysian rain forests |
Indonesia, Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southwest Borneo freshwater swamp forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sumatran freshwater swamp forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sumatran lowland rain forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sumatran montane rain forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sumatran peat swamp forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Sumatran tropical pine forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forests |
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Sunda Shelf mangroves |
Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei |
Indo-Malayan |
Mangroves |
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Sundaland heath forests |
Indonesia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests |
Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia |
Indo-Malayan |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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| Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Batang Ai National Park |
II |
62638 |
Sarawak, Malaysia |
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Berbak National Park |
II |
423927 |
Sumatra, Indonesia |
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Betung Kerihun National Park |
II |
1945086 |
Kalimantan, Indonesia |
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Bukit Kutu Wildlife Reserve |
IV |
4602 |
Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia |
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Bukit Timah Nature Reserve |
II |
411 |
Singapore |
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Gunung Leuser National Park |
II |
2203368 |
Sumatra, Indonesia |
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Gunung Niut Wildlife Reserve Nature Reserve |
IV |
409109 |
Kalimantan, Indonesia |
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Gunung Palung National Park |
II |
271203 |
Kalimantan, Indonesia |
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Khao Banthat Wildlife Sanctuary |
IV |
309428 |
Thailand |
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Khao Luang National Park |
II |
143331 |
Thailand |
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Khao Pra Bang Kram Wildlife Sanctuary |
IV |
30009 |
Thailand |
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Khao Pu - Khao Ya National Park |
II |
176398 |
Thailand |
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Khao Sok National Park |
II |
159284 |
Thailand |
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Khlong Saeng Wildlife Sanctuary |
IV |
243425 |
Thailand |
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Krau Wildlife Reserve |
IV |
149823 |
Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia |
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Kutai National Park |
II |
560076 |
East Kalimantan, Indonesia |
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Sungai Lalang Forest Reserve Virgin Jungle Reserve |
Ia |
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Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia |
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Taman Negara National Park |
II |
1122273 |
Peninsular Malaysia, Malaysia |
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Ulu Temburong National Park |
II |
123279 |
Brunei Darussalam |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Indo-Burma |
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam |
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Sundaland |
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand |
No |
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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 DatabaseEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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