NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Slender Squirrel
Sundasciurus (Sundasciurus) tenuis (Horsfield, 1824)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is arboreal and found in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. The body is brown on the upper parts and light grey on the underparts. The body measures about 13–16 cm, with a slightly shorter slender tail. It feeds on soft bark, fruits and insects.
Wikipedia contributors, Slender squirrel; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:22:20.984098+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sundasciurus (Sundasciurus) tenuis (Horsfield, 1824)
- Name authority
- (Horsfield, 1824)
- Common name
- Slender Squirrel
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Sundasciurus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderSciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
- familySciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
- subfamilyCallosciurinae Pocock, 1923
- genusSundasciurus Moore, 1958
- subgenusSundasciurus Moore, 1958
- speciesSundasciurus (Sundasciurus) tenuis (Horsfield, 1824)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Sundasciurus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Culion Tree SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) moellendorffi (Matschie, 1898) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Palawan Montane SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) rabori Heaney, 1979 | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Samar SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) samarensis (Steere, 1890) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Low's SquirrelSundasciurus (Sundasciurus) lowii (Thomas, 1892) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Palawan Tree SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) juvencus (Thomas, 1908) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Busuanga SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hoogstraali (Sanborn, 1952) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brooke's SquirrelSundasciurus (Sundasciurus) brookei (Thomas, 1892) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sumatran Mountain SquirrelSundasciurus (Sundasciurus) altitudinis (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Palawan Tree SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) steerii (Günther, 1877) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mindanao SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) mindanensis (Steere, 1890) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Tree SquirrelSundasciurus (Aletesciurus) philippinensis (Waterhouse, 1839) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Upland SquirrelSundasciurus (Sundasciurus) tahan (Bonhote, 1908) | SciuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=632472 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:53GB9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.