#0270 · 🦊 mammals

Plantain Squirrel

🇳🇱 Zwartneuseekhoorn ·Callosciurus notatus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Melvin Yap · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Melvin Yap · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Melvin Yap · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © 106611639464075912591 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © budak · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. WP2Q+QX, Pulau Perhentian Besar, Besut, Terengganu, Malaisie:© julien CLAUDE · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore, SG, SG:© Cyrus Li · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Cavendish Park, Singapore, SG, SG:© R. N. V. KRISHNA DEEPAK · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © HP Lim · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Vigilante Dr, Kent Ridge Park, Singapore 118176:© neoxuanche · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The plantain squirrel , oriental squirrel or tricoloured squirrel , Callosciurus notatus is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae 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.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,067iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
10,067 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pieter Boddaert in 1785 (241 years ago).