BIO PALEMBANICA
Vol 1 No 2 (2024): Bio Palembanica

First Documentation of Nest and Immature Juvenile Black-eared Squirrel Nannosciurus melanotis (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in the Wild

Muhammad Sayidina Ali (Daemeter Consulting)
Surianto Effendi (Daemeter Consulting)
Nur Rachman (Daemeter Consulting)
Muhammad Iqbal (Department of Biology, Universitas Indo Global Mandiri)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Dec 2024

Abstract

Black-eared Squirrel Nannosciurus melanotis is a pygmy squirrel range from Sumatra, West Java, Borneo and its smaller adjacent islands. On 11 November 2020, we conducted a biodiversity survey in Tangerang Village (02°00'S, 110°39'E), Jelai Hulu Subdistrict, Ketapang District, West Kalimantan Province. In this survey, we observed and documented a nest and immature juvenile of N. melanotis. There is no previous known about breeding information on N. melanotis. This finding is a constitute first breeding record for N. melanotis.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

biopalembanica

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology

Description

Bio Palembanica come from Bio and Palembanica. Bio refer to Biology, and Palembanica. Palembanica come from Latin for Palembang, a location in Southern Sumatra (recently capital city of South Sumatra). Few species are namely with palembanica, such as Intsia palembanica (Fabaceae), Shorea palembanica ...