{{Short description|Species of rodent}} {{speciesbox | image = Säugethiere vom Celebes- und Philippinen-Archipel (Taf. XI) (5984631425).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Chiozza, F. |date=2016 |title=''Sundasciurus samarensis'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T21162A22249465 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21162A22249465.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Sundasciurus | species = samarensis | authority = (Steere, 1890) | synonyms = | range_map = Range Sundasciurus samarensis.png }}

The '''Samar squirrel''' ('''''Sundasciurus samarensis''''') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It was historically known as ''lalagsing''.<ref name="Alcina">{{cite book |title=Historia Natural de Islas Bisayas|last=Alcina|first=Ignacio |year=1996 |publisher=Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas|lang=es|isbn=84-00-07623-0|page=217|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hIc-c-KTGy8C&q=lalagsing&pg=PA217}}</ref> It is endemic to the Philippines, where it has been recorded from Samar and Leyte Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss, due to expanding human activities, hunting, and the lack of basic knowledge about the species. They thrive in primary and secondary lowland and montane forest, including the lower edges of mossy forest. It is also found in some agricultural areas.

==References== {{Reflist}} *Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp.&nbsp;754–818 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. *Chiosa, F. 2016. Sundasciurus samarensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. {{S. Callosciurinae nav}}

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Category:Sundasciurus Category:Rodents of the Philippines Category:Mammals described in 1890 Category:Endemic fauna of the Philippines Category:Fauna of Samar Category:Taxa named by Joseph Beal Steere Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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