Callosciurus prevostii (Desmarest 1822)

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 : 779

Callosciurus prevostii (Desmarest 1822)

[Sciurus] prevostii Desmarest 1822 , Mammalogie, in: Encycl. Meth.: 335.

Type Locality: Malaysia, Malacca Prov., "Settlement of Malacca." .

Vernacular Names: Prevost's Squirrel.

Synonyms: Callosciurus atrox (Miller 1913) ; Callosciurus bangkanus (Schlegel 1863) ; Callosciurus banksi (Chasen 1933) ; Callosciurus borneoensis (Müller and Schlegel 1842) ; Callosciurus caedis ( Chasen and Kloss 1932) ; Callosciurus carimonensis ( Miller 1906) ; Callosciurus condurensis ( Miller 1906) ; Callosciurus coomansi Sody 1949 ; Callosciurus erythromelas (Temminck 1853) ; Callosciurus griseicauda (Bonhote 1901) ; Callosciurus indica (Müller and Schlegel 1842) ; Callosciurus kuchingensis (Bonhote 1901) ; Callosciurus mendanauus (Lyon 1906) ; Callosciurus mimellus (Miller 1900) ; Callosciurus mimiculus (Miller 1900) ; Callosciurus navigator (Bonhote 1901) ; Callosciurus palustris ( Lyon 1907) ; Callosciurus redimitus (Boon Mesch 1829) ; Callosciurus rufogularis ( Gray 1842) ; Callosciurus rufoniger (Motley and Dillwyn 1855) ; Callosciurus rufonigra ( Gray 1842) ; Callosciurus schlegeli (Gray 1867) ; Callosciurus suffusus (Bonhote 1901) ; Callosciurus waringensis Sody 1949 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. prevostii Desmarest 1822

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. rafflesii Vigors and Horsfield 1828

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. melanops Miller 1902

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. piceus Peters 1866

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. atricapillus Schlegel 1863

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. sarawakensis Gray 1867

Distribution: Peninsular Thailand to Sumatra, Borneo, and adjacent small islands; N Sulawesi. Musser (1987 a) considered the population in Sulawesi as introduced.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992:289-90). Formerly included baluensis ; but the two are often sympatric ( Payne et al., 1985). Heaney (1978) discussed body size variation in this species. Oshida et al. (1996 b) described chromosomes.