long-nosed squirrel

noun

: any of several Asian squirrels with an elongated snout: such as

a

: a short-tailed semiarboreal mottled brown squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) of southeastern Asia

b

: a short-tailed chiefly terrestrial reddish to grayish brown squirrel (Rhinosciurus laticaudatus) of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo

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