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).