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Sculptor Squirrel at Kinabalu Park HQ 01

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Sculptor Squirrel Glyphotes simus  feeding on bark at Kinabalu Park HQ in Sabah. This small rare squirrel is locally common at Kinabalu Park HQ.

Note the clear white spots behind the ears. A this level on Kinabalu (1, 500m) this indicates either Bornean Black-banded Squirrel or Sculptor Squirrel. Ear-spot Squirrel Callosciurus adamsi does not occur in mountain forest.
Sculptor Squirrel foraging in an epiphytic Freycinetia plant. Freycinetia are related to Pandans or screwpines  in the Pandanacea plant family. Note that the underbelly is pale orange buff from the hind legs to the neck.  Bornean Black-banded Squirrel has a grey belly.
The strange two part fruit of this small tree belong to a Bhesa species in the Centroplacacea plant family. The fruit split open when ripe. The  seeds  are covered with a colorful red aril and are dispersed by birds.

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