| Taxon ID: 53,496 Total records: 39,143 | ||||||||||||||
Sundasciurus hoogstraali
Country
| Country | Philippines |
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| Continent Ocean | Asia |
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia (COL) |
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| Phylum | Chordata (COL) |
| Class | Mammalia (COL) |
| Order | Rodentia (COL) |
| Family | Sciuridae (COL) |
Taxonomy
| Genus | Sundasciurus | Reference | |
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| SubGenus | Vernacular Name | ||
| Species | hoogstraali | IUCN Threat Status-Year | Least Concern, 2016 |
| SubSpecies | Nat'l Threat Status-Year | Not Evaluated, 2021 | |
| Infraspecies | Reason for Change | ||
| Infraspecies Rank | CITES | ||
| Taxonomic Group | Terrestrial Mammals | Native Status | Endemic |
| Scientific Name Author | (Sanborn, 1952) | Country Distribution | Philippines; |
| Citation | Balete, D.S. & Ong, P. 2016. Sundasciurus hoogstraali. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42566A22249540. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T42566A22249540.en. Downloaded on 28 July 2021. | Description | JUSTIFICATION This species is listed as Least Concern based on the fact that it is locally common and even considered a pest species, it does well in secondary forests and gardens. Genetic studies have confirmed that this species still has a high genetic variability. Future habitat destruction and conversion may lead to this species listed as Vulnerable based on its small area of occupancy. RANGE DESCRIPTION This species is endemic to the Philippines, where it is known only from the Palawan Faunal Region, on Busuanga and Calauit islands (Heaney et al. 1998). DESCRIPTION This species is locally common (Heaney et al. 1998, J. C. Gonzalez pers. comm.). It is abundant on Calauit mainly due to a safari ranch that has giraffes, zebras, antelope. HABITAT AND ECOLOGY This species was formerly found in primary lowland evergreen forests, a habitat that is now absent on these islands. Today, it occurs in secondary forests, and occasionally in gardens where it is considered a pest species. It has not been trapped in grassland (L. Heaney pers. comm., J. C. Gonzalez pers. comm.). THREATS This species is hunted at times, because it can be an agricultural pest, but this is unlikely to be a major threat to the species. However, there is ongoing habitat destruction in some places due to conversion of forests to slash and burn areas that the squirrels can not tolerate (J. C. Gonzalez and P. Widmann pers. comm.). CONSERVATION ACTIONS The species occurs in a protected area on Caluit island. |
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Record Level
| Date Last Modified | 2021-07-30 01:14:54 |
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| Institution Code | ACBBISS-PH |
| Collection Code | 53496 |
| Catalog Number | ACBBISS-PH-53496 |
| Record URL | https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/7WY9H; https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42566/22249540 |
Growth Parameters
| Temperature | 0 | Observed Weight | 0 |
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| Individual Count | 0 | GML Features | |
| Observerd Individual Count | 0 | Notes |
Collecting Event
| Basis Of Record | Taxon | Day Collected | 0 |
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| Collector Number | Start Day Collected | 0 | |
| Field Number | 0 | End Day Collected | 0 |
| Collector | Julian Day | 0 | |
| Year Collected | 2021 | Start Julian Day | 0 |
| Start Year Collected | 0 | End Julian Day | 0 |
| End Year Collected | 0 | Time Of Day | 0 |
| Month Collected | 0 | Start Time Of Day | 0 |
| Start Month Collected | 0 | End Time Of Day | 0 |
| End Month Collected | 0 | Time Zone |
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Species Record Updated By:
Carlos Aurelio Callangan
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