Hyosciurus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Hyosciurus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Hyosciurus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hyosciurus
Hyosciurus is a genus of rodents in the family Sciuridae endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. It contains the following species:
- Montane long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus heinrichi)
- Lowland long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus ileile)
The genus name is a combination of Greek hys, hyos, meaning 'pig', and skiouros, meaning 'squirrel', in reference to the snouts which are relatively long compared to other squirrels.
...Hyosciurus in languages:
- English
- Long-nosed Squirrels
- Finnish
- sulawesinkuono-oravat
- Polish
- sulawesówka