I am writing a trip report for a recent Sabah birding tour and I am working on the mammal section. On two successive days in Kinabalu Park, I have Earspot Squirrel marked but I am now aware that it is not known above 900 m. I would then suspect Sculptor Squirrel. In researching, I have noticed Earspot Squirrel on the trip reports of several major tour companies from Kinabalu. Any thoughts?
Related Articles
-
New Trip Report – India 2009
Jon Hall, , Oriental, 0
Another great report from Sjef Ollers covering 2 weeks in central India. 2 weeks and 28 species including Tigers...
-
New Trip Report – Sri Lanka
Jon Hall, , Oriental, 0
Here’s a report from Curtis Hart of a trip last December to Sri Lanka. Highlights include 5 Leopards in...
-
Sumatran Rhino found in Kalimantan after unseen in region for 20 years
Jon Hall, , Oriental, 1
Conservationists working to save the Sumatran rhino—one of the world’s most imperiled mammals—heard good news this week as WWF-Indonesia...
-
India/Bhutan trip report, Nov/Dec 2014
sbandelt, , Oriental, India, 0
My husband and I made our first trip to India and Bhutan in Nov/Dec, 2014. Our primary interest was...
-
High Altitude Tigers in Bhutan
Jon Hall, , Oriental, 0
A BBC film crew has found Tigers living up to 4000m in the Bhutanese mountains
-
New Trip Reports: Sulawesi and Java
Jon Hall, , Oriental, 7
Coke Smith has finished the reports for his family’s Christmas trip to Java and Sulawesi (where I met up...
-
New Trip Report – Borneo and Singapore
Jon Hall, , Oriental, 0
A third excellent report from Sjef Ollers covering Sabah and Singapore, 2007 – 3 weeks & 35 species including...
-
Clouded Leopard and Bay Cat Images from Borneo
Jon Hall, , Oriental, 4
Some pictures and video from a research project in Borneo. I cannot believe the BBC’s claim that is is...
According to HMW, even 900 m is exceptionally high for earspot squirrel: the only records from that high are from Kelabit Highlands in Sarawak. Sculptor squirrel is relatively common on Mt. Kinabalu; it has white, rather than orange, earspots and banded tail.
I would agree with sculptor squirrel as the most (only?) likely candidate.