Black-eared squirrel

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Black-eared squirrel
Taxidermied Nannosciurus melanotis.JPG
A pair of Nannosciurus melanotis at the Natural History Museum at Tring
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 ]

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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.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  3. "Nannosciurus Trouessart, 1880". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.