# Sculptor squirrel

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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Glyphotes simus 314588023 (cropped).jpg
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Gerrie, R. |author2=Kennerley, R. |author3=Koprowski, J. |date=2016 |title=''Glyphotes simus'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T9283A22255329 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9283A22255329.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>
| parent_authority = [Thomas](/source/Oldfield_Thomas), 1898
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Glyphotes simus
| authority = [Thomas](/source/Oldfield_Thomas), 1898
}}

The '''sculptor squirrel''' or '''Bornean pygmy squirrel''' ('''''Glyphotes simus''''') is a species of [rodent](/source/rodent) in the family [Sciuridae](/source/Sciuridae). It was described by [Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas](/source/Oldfield_Thomas) in 1898. It is [monotypic](/source/monotypic) within the [genus](/source/genus) '''''Glyphotes'''''.<ref name=adw/> It is [endemic](/source/endemism) to northern [Borneo](/source/Borneo) in [Sabah](/source/Sabah) and [Sarawak](/source/Sarawak) ([Malaysia](/source/Malaysia)) and inhabits areas elevated at {{convert|285|–|1800|m}}.<ref name=IUCN/>

The body is {{convert|95|to|145|mm}} long, and the tail length is approximately 100&nbsp;mm. The chest, undersurface, sides of the nose, margins of the ears and dorsal surface of the digits are yellow, whereas the tip of the tail is black.<ref name="Nowak1999"/>

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=adw>Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey (2013) [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Glyphotes_simus/classification/ ''Glyphotes simus'' sculptor squirrel]. The Animal Diversity Web</ref>

<ref name="Nowak1999">{{cite book|author=Ronald M. Nowak|title=Walker's Mammals of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7W-DGRILSBoC&pg=PA1290|access-date=4 January 2013|date=7 April 1999|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-5789-8|pages=1290–}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
*Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA782 Family Sciuridae]. pp.&nbsp;754–818 (782) ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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Category:Callosciurinae
Category:Rodents of Malaysia
Category:Endemic fauna of Malaysia
Category:Endemic fauna of Borneo
Category:Mammals described in 1898
Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Rodents of Borneo

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