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Nannosciurus melanotis

Description

Nannosciurus melanotis (Müller, 1840). In Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Zoogd. Indisch. Archipel., p. 35 (1840], see comments.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Borneo".

DISTRIBUTION: Sumatra, Java, Borneo, adjacent small islands.

SYNONYMS: bancanus Lyon, 1906; borneanus Lyon, 1906; pallidus Chasen and Kloss, 1928; pulcher Miller, 1902; soricinus (Waterhouse, 1838); sumatranus Lyon, 1906.

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). See Appendix I. Reviewed by Heaney (1985).

Notes

Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 434, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130

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Biodiversity

Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Nannosciurus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Muller
Species
melanotis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Nannosciurus melanotis (Muller, 1840) sec. Hoffmann & Anderson, 1993

References

  • Miller, G. S., Jr. 1902. The mammals of the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 24: 751 - 795.
  • Waterhouse, G. R. 1838 [1839]. On the skull and dentition of the American badger (Meles labradoria). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1838: 153 - 154.