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).