Jentink's squirrel

The Jentink Croissant ( Sundasciurus jentinki ) is a squirrel in the genus of tree squirrels Sunda ( Sundasciurus ). It comes in the two subspecies S. j. jentinki and S. j. subsignanus ( Chasen, 1937) on Borneo before. The species name honors the Dutch zoologist Fredericus Anna Jentink.

Features

The males of the Jentink - croissant reach a head -body length of 130.6 mm, a tail length of 125.2 mm and a weight of 60.0 g, the females have a head -body length of 126.6 mm, a tail length 112.6 mm and a weight of 55.0 g In the nominate p. j. jentinki is the top fairly bright with brownish or off- white speckles. The underside is gray. The vibrissae, eyes and ears ring edge are creamy white. The very thin tail is covered with red, black and white hair. The subspecies S. j. subsignanus has sand-colored instead of white tips to the tail hair

Dissemination

The Jentink Croissant comes in two subspecies on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo ( Kalimantan ): S. j. jentinki lives on Mount Kinabalu in the Crocker Range, Gunung Trus Madi in Sabah, in the border hills between Sabah and Sarawak as well as in the highlands of Kelabit and other mountains in Sarawak. The distribution area of S. j. subsignanus extends from Long Petak to the rivers Sungai stelae, Sungai and Sungai Kayan Badang in East Borneo.

Habitat and behavior

The Jentink Croissant inhabits mountain forests at altitudes from 900 m. It is diurnal and is mainly in the crowns of small trees in search of food. Here it is often followed by the flocks of birds when they are hunting for insects.

Status

The IUCN classifies the Jentink Croissant in the category " not at risk " ( least concern ). There are no known major threats to this type, however, the conversion of forest to cropland for the potato and strawberry production is potentially hazardous dar. Since the Jentink Croissant However, hill forests preferred to place the vast forest conversion instead of below its habitat.