Nannosciurus melanotis

(S. Müller in Temminck, 1840)

Black-eared Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Callosciurinae
Tribe : Callosciurini
Genus : Nannosciurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1840-04-24. No. 2. Introduction, pp. 9-57; Mammalia, pls. 4-6, 8-12; Reptilia, pl. 4; Pisces, pl. 1 in Temminck, C.J. 1839-1845. Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen. Zoologie. S. en J. Luchtmans en C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, not continuously paginated pp.

Original name as described

Sciurus melanotis

Type material

RMNH.MAM.13338.a, RMNH.MAM.13338.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Borneo." Restricted by M. W. Lyon in 1906 and by L. R. Heaney in 1985 to Java.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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