Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
Author
Robert S. Hoffmann
Author
Charles G. Anderson
text
1993
Smithsonian Institution Press
Washington and London
Editor
Don E. Wilson
Editor
DeeAnn M. Reeder
Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition)
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465
book chapter
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Sundasciurus fraterculus
(Thomas, 1895)
.
Ann.
Mus
.
Civ
. Storia Nat. Genova, Ser. 2a, 14:669
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Indonesia
, Mentawi Isis,
Sipora Isl
, "Sereinu"
.
DISTRIBUTION:
Sipora Isl, Siberut Isl, and N Pagi Isl (Sumatra, Indonesia)
.
SYNONYMS:
pumilus
(Miller, 1903);
siberu
(Chasen and Kloss, 1928).
COMMENTS: Formerly included in
lowii
(
Chasen, 1940:144
)
; but see
Moore (1959)
. Geographic variation reviewed by
Jenkins and Hill (1982)
. Part of the rodent fauna endemic to the Mentawi Archipelago (see comments under
Leopoldamys siporanus
).