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--> SUBFAMILY Callosciurinae
--> GENUS Callosciurus
SPECIES Callosciurus adamsi
Author: | Kloss, 1921. | Citation: | J. Str. Br. Roy. Asiat. Soc., 83: 151. | Common Name: | Ear-spot Squirrel | Type Locality: | "Long Mujan, 150 mi. (241 km) up Baram River, Baram, Sarawak,700-900 ft." (213-274 m) (Malaysia). See Corbet and Hill (1992:292). | Distribution: | Lowlands and hills in Sabah and Sarawak, Borneo, below the altitudinal range of orestes. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Closely related to orestes. Distinct from albescens; see Medway (1977:93). Chromosomes of "C. albescens" from Sabah by Harada and Kobayashi (1980) refer to either this species or C. orestes. |
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