in pelage coloration. They are thought to have a relatively recent genetic divergence from one another.

Nut Caching

Hylopetes electilis is one of two squirrels (the other is Hylopetes alboniger that hang elliptical or oblate nuts securely in vegetation. They carve grooves into the nuts, using them to fix the nuts tightly between small intersecting twigs, reminiscent of the mortise-tenon joint in carpentry. Strategically, these cache sites are 10-25 m away from the nearest nut-producing

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