Black-eared squirrel

Black-eared squirrel
A pair of Nannosciurus melanotis at the Natural History Museum at Tring
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Callosciurinae
Genus:	Nannosciurus Trouessart, 1880
Species:	N. melanotis
Binomial name
Nannosciurus melanotis (S. Müller, 1840)
Subspecies [2]
N. m. melanotis N. m. bancanus N. m. borneanus N. m. pulcher

The black-eared squirrel (Nannosciurus melanotis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Nannosciurus. ^[3] This tiny squirrel is found in forests in Borneo, Sumatra and Java. Except for its striking whitish and black facial markings, the black-eared squirrel resembles the least pygmy squirrel.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Francis, C.; Gumal, M. & Han, K. H. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Nannosciurus melanotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T14325A115121817. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T14325A22245208.en . Retrieved 7 December 2023.
2. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
3. "Nannosciurus Trouessart, 1880". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.