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) 419 465 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353130 1-56098-217-9 7353130 Callosciurus prevostii (Desmarest, 1822) . Mammalogie, in Encyclop. Méth., p. 335 . TYPE LOCALITY: Malaysia , Malacca Prov., "Settlement of Malacca ." DISTRIBUTION: Malaysian subregion except Java ; N Sulawesi . Musser (1987) considered the population in Sulawesi as introduced. SYNONYMS: armalis ( Lyon, 1911 ); atricapillus (Schlegel, 1863) ; atrox (Miller, 1913); bangkanus (Schlegel, 1863); banksi (Chasen, 1933); borneoensis (Müller and Schlegel, 1842); caedis (Chasen and Kloss, 1931); carimatae ( Miller, 1906 ); carimonensis ( Miller, 1906 ); caroli (Bonhote, 1901); condurensis ( Miller, 1906 ); coomansi Sody, 1949; erebus (Miller, 1903); erythromelas (Temminck, 1853); griseicauda (Bonhote, 1901); harrisoni (Stone and Rehn, 1902); humei (Bonhote, 1901); indica (Müller and Schlegel, 1842, not indicus Erxleben, 1777 ); kuchingensis (Bonhote, 1901); melanops ( Miller, 1902 ); mendanauus (Lyon, 1906); mimellus (Miller, 1900); mimiculus (Miller, 1900); navigator (Bonhote, 1901); nyx ( Lyon, 1908 ); palustris ( Lyon, 1907 ); pelapius ( Lyon, 1911 ); penialius ( Lyon, 1908 ); piceus ( Peters, 1866 ); pluto (Gray, 1867); proserpinae ( Lyon, 1907 ); rafflesii (Vigores and Horsfield, 1828) ; redimitus (Boon Mesch, 1829); rufogularis ( Gray, 1842 ); rufoniger (Motley and Dillwyn, 1855); rufonigra ( Gray, 1842 ); sanggaus ( Lyon, 1907 ); sarawakensis (Gray, 1867); schlegeli (Gray, 1867); suffusus (Bonhote, 1901); sumatranus (Schlegel, 1863); waringensis Sody, 1949; wrayi (Kloss, 1910). COMMENTS: Formerly included baluensis ; but the two are often sympatric ( Payne et al., 1985 ). Reviewed by Heaney (1978).