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Black-eared Pigmy Squirrel at Gng Penrissen

ABOVE: Black-eared Pigmy Squirrel Nannosciurus melanotis photographed eating bark on a tree next to the forest trail that leads up to the Kalimantan View Point at the Borneo Heights Resort at Gunung Penrissen.

The surface bark of the whole tree had been stripped  including areas previously covered by moss and lichens.

Two species of Pigmy Squirrels are found in the forest surrounding the Borneo Heights Resort, at Gunung Penrissen. Most common is the Bornean Pigmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis. The Black-eared Pigmy Squirrel is generally much less common than the E. exilis in Sarawak and so far has not been recorded in either Brunei or Sabah.

The Kalimantan View Platform at Borneo Heights Resort near Kuching, Sarawak. the summit of Gunung Penrissen is in the background.

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