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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Callosciurus orestes
(Thomas, 1895)
.
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 15:529
.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Malaysia
,
Sarawak
, Mount Dulit,
4000 ft
.
DISTRIBUTION:
Sabah
and
Sarawak
[Borneo],
Malaysia
, at middle elevations (
Payne et al., 1985
).
SYNONYMS:
canalvus
Moore, 1959
;
venetus
(
Chasen, 1940
).
COMMENTS: Formerly considered a subspecies of C.
nigrovittatus
(e.g.,
Medway
, 1977:92
), but clearly distinct (
Payne et al., 1985
). Includes
Glyphotes canalvus
,
which
Moore (1959)
placed in subgenus
Hessonoglyphotes
.
Member of the
notatus
species group, closely related to
adamsi
(see comments therein).