Nannosciurus melanotis (Müller 1840)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 784

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scientific name	Nannosciurus melanotis (Müller 1840)
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[Sciurus] melanotis Müller 1840 , in: Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Zoogd. Indisch. Archipel.: 35 [1840], see comments.

Type Locality: "Borneo". Restricted to Java by Lyon (1906) and by lectotype designation of Heaney (1985).

Vernacular Names: Black-eared Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Nannosciurus melanotis subsp. melanotis Müller 1840

Subspecies Nannosciurus melanotis subsp. bancanus Lyon 1906

Subspecies Nannosciurus melanotis subsp. borneanus Lyon 1906

Subspecies Nannosciurus melanotis subsp. pulcher Miller 1902

Distribution: Sumatra, Java, Borneo, adjacent small islands.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: This species was further described by Müller and Schlegel, in Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Mammalia, pp. 87, 88, 98 [1844], pl. 14, fig 4, 5 [1841] (from which this species is often cited). Reviewed by Heaney (1985).