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Glyphotes simus
Diet
Fungi, bark, insects (typical for the genus)
Habitat
Lowland and hill dipterocarp forest
Range
Borneo, with a small population on nearby Banggi Island
Litter size
1–2 young (poorly documented)
Gestation period
Unrecorded in the wild
Size
Small (head-body ~13–15cm)
Weight
~40–60g
A small, little-known tree squirrel restricted to Borneo and neighbouring Banggi Island, with unusually grooved, chisel-like incisors — the feature behind both its common and scientific names (Glyphotes, roughly 'carved') — thought to be an adaptation for feeding on fungi and bark rather than fruit.
Diurnal and arboreal, moving through the mid-to-upper canopy of lowland and hill forest. Rarely reported and poorly documented compared with Borneo's more common Callosciurus and Sundasciurus squirrels.