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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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