Sundasciurus samarensis (Steere, 1890) . List of the Birds and Mammals Collected by the Steere Expedition to the Philippines. Ann Arbor, Mich., p. 30.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Samar and Leyte," [Philippines] .

DISTRIBUTION: Samar and Leyte Isis (Philippines).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Aletesciurus . May be conspecific with davensis, mindanensis, and philippinensis (Heaney et al., 1987; Corbet and Hill, 1992).