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--> GENUS Callosciurus
SPECIES Callosciurus prevostii
| Author: | Desmarest, 1822. | | Citation: | Mammalogie, in Encyclop. Méth.: 335. | | Common Name: | Prevost's Squirrel | | Type Locality: | Malaysia, Malacca Prov., "Settlement of Malacca." | | Distribution: | Peninsular Thailand to Sumatra, Borneo, and adjacent small islands; N Sulawesi. Musser (1987a) considered the population in Sulawesi as introduced. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | 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. (1996b) described chromosomes. |
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| Offspring: SUBSPECIES prevostii SUBSPECIES rafflesii SUBSPECIES melanops SUBSPECIES piceus SUBSPECIES atricapillus SUBSPECIES sarawakensis | Synonyms:
atrox (Miller, 1913)
bangkanus (Schlegel, 1863)
banksi (Chasen, 1933)
borneoensis (Müller and Schlegel, 1842)
caedis (Chasen and Kloss, 1932)
carimonensis (Miller, 1906)
condurensis (Miller, 1906)
coomansi Sody, 1949
erythromelas (Temminck, 1853)
griseicauda (Bonhote, 1901)
indica (Müller and Schlegel, 1842)
kuchingensis (Bonhote, 1901)
mendanauus (Lyon, 1906)
mimellus (Miller, 1900)
mimiculus (Miller, 1900)
navigator (Bonhote, 1901)
palustris (Lyon, 1907)
redimitus (Boon Mesch, 1829)
rufogularis (Gray, 1842)
rufoniger (Motley and Dillwyn, 1855)
rufonigra (Gray, 1842)
schlegeli (Gray, 1867)
suffusus (Bonhote, 1901)
waringensis Sody, 1949
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