Brooke's Squirrel

Squirrels

Sundasciurus brookei

Basic stats

Diet

Fruit, seeds, bark

Habitat

Lowland and hill forest

Range

Endemic to Borneo

Litter size

1–2 young (typical for Sundasciurus)

Gestation period

About 28 days (typical for the genus)

Size

Small (head-body ~15cm)

Weight

~100g

A small Sundasciurus squirrel named after the Brooke family (the 'White Rajahs' of Sarawak), with subtle plain colouring typical of the genus and no strongly distinctive field marks.

Diurnal and arboreal in lowland and hill forest, with a diet of fruit, seeds and bark broadly typical of small Bornean tree squirrels.

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