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Callosciurus notatus
About 20 to 30 cm long with a similar-sized tail. It is greyish/brown with a chestnut belly and a black and white stripe between the two.
Spotted at Hotel Melia Bali, Nusa Dua - Bali, Indonesia / Coastal area. Also 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.
The genus name Callosciurus means beautiful squirrels, the plantain squirrel, oriental squirrel or tricoloured squirrel, Callosciurus notatus is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Callosciurus Species: C. notatus
Spotted on Jun 18, 2017
Submitted on Jun 18, 2017
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Beautiful!