Plantain squirrel
Callosciurus notatus
-8.8, 115.24
Field Notes
Description:
About 20 to 30 cm long with a similar-sized tail. It is greyish/brown with a chestnut belly and a black and white stripe between the two.
Habitat:
Spotted at Hotel Melia Bali, Nusa Dua - Bali, Indonesia / Coastal area.
Also found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand in a wide range of habitats: forests, mangroves, parks, gardens, and agricultural areas. Fruit farmers consider them to be pests.
Notes:
The genus name Callosciurus means beautiful squirrels, the plantain squirrel, oriental squirrel or tricoloured squirrel, Callosciurus notatus is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Callosciurus
Species: C. notatus
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 18, 2017
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