Prevost’s Squirrel: A pulp thief of Ficus subcordata at Inikea

This photo shows a Prevost’s Squirrel eating a ripe Ficus subcordata fig at the Inikea forest rehabilitation project in SE Sabah.

Prevosts’s Squirrel is  the most common tree squirrel in forested areas of Borneo where it is a forest fruit specialist. Unlike many squirrels it rarely eats seeds.

After stripping off the surface flesh of this fig the seedy interior will be dropped. Prevost’s Squirrel is therefore neither a seed predator not a seed disperser of  fig seeds but a “pulp thief.”

See also Fig Ecology: Prevost’s Squirrel.

Photos and information provided by Shavez Cheema and Chun Xing WONG of 1Stop Borneo Wildlife.