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

Subspecies Range of Little Known North Sumatran Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii piceus (Rodentia: Sciuridae)

Nur Rachman (Daemeter Consulting)
Muhammad Sayidina Ali (Daemeter Consulting)
Asep Badru Tamam (Astra Agro Lestari)
Tedi Wahyudi (Lets Birding Sumatera)
Surianto Effendi (Daemeter Consulting)
Sahat Aritonang (Daemeter Consulting)
Muhammad Iqbal (Department of Biology, Universitas Indo Global Mandiri)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Dec 2024

Abstract

North Sumatran Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii piceus (Peters, 1866) is an endemic subspecies of terrestrial squirrel that only found in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. On 11 December 2022, we observed and documented C. prevostii piceus in Mugo Rayeuk Village (04°25'N, 96°10'E), Panton Reu Subdistrict, Aceh Barat District, Aceh Province, Sumatra. To review subspecies range, we compile published and unpublished records of C. prevostii piceus. Our study suggests C. prevostii piceus range from Aceh Barat of Aceh Province to Labuhan Batu of North Sumatra Province.

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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 ...