Callosciurus melanogaster: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Callosciurus
- Species
- Callosciurus melanogaster
- Scientific Name
- Callosciurus melanogaster
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Mentawai squirrel
The Mentawai squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is one of 20 or so species endemic to the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra. There are three subspecies: C. m. melanogaster, C. m. mentawi, and C. m. atratus. This small isolated population is listed as "Vulnerable" by the IUCN due to habitat loss.
...Callosciurus melanogaster in languages:
- Czech
- veverka mentavejská
- Dutch
- Mentawi Eekhoorn
- English
- Mentawai Squirrel
- Finnish
- mentawainorava
- Polish
- wiewiórczak czarnobrzuchy
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Callosciurus adamsi
- Callosciurus baluensis
- Callosciurus caniceps
- Callosciurus erythraeus
- Callosciurus finlaysonii
- Callosciurus honkhoaiensis
- Callosciurus inornatus
- Callosciurus melanogaster
- Callosciurus nigrovittatus
- Callosciurus notatus
- Callosciurus orestes
- Callosciurus phayrei
- Callosciurus prevostii
- Callosciurus pygerythrus
- Callosciurus quinquestriatus