Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 754 818 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Nannosciurus melanotis (Müller 1840) [Sciurus] melanotis Müller 1840 , in: Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland . Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Zoogd. Indisch. Archipel.: 35 [1840], see comments . Type Locality: "Borneo". Restricted to Java by Lyon (1906) and by lectotype designation of Heaney (1985). Vernacular Names: Black-eared Squirrel . Subspecies: : Subspecies Nannosciurus melanotis subsp. melanotis Müller 1840 Subspecies Nannosciurus melanotis subsp. bancanus Lyon 1906 Subspecies Nannosciurus melanotis subsp. borneanus Lyon 1906 Subspecies Nannosciurus melanotis subsp. pulcher Miller 1902 Distribution: Sumatra , Java , Borneo, adjacent small islands. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: This species was further described by Müller and Schlegel, in Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland . Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Mammalia , pp. 87, 88, 98 [1844], pl. 14, fig 4, 5 [1841] (from which this species is often cited). Reviewed by Heaney (1985).