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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Callosciurinae
--> GENUS Nannosciurus
SPECIES Nannosciurus melanotis
Author: | Müller, 1840. | Citation: | In Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Zoogd. Indisch. Archipel.: 35 [1840], see comments. | Common Name: | Black-eared Squirrel | Type Locality: | "Borneo". Restricted to Java by Lyon (1906) and by lectotype designation of Heaney (1985). | Distribution: | Sumatra, Java, Borneo, adjacent small islands. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | 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). |
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