Black-eared Squirrel

Black-eared Squirrel Temporal range: Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Callosciurinae
Tribe:	Callosciurini
Genus:	Nannosciurus Trouessart, 1880
Species:	N. melanotis
Binomial name
Nannosciurus melanotis (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 Sciuridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Nannosciurus.^{[citation needed]} 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.

References

1. ^ Francis, C., Gumal, M. & Han, K. H. (2008). Nannosciurus melanotis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.
2. ^ Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?s=y&id=12400001.