Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus (I. Geoffroy 1831)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 786

Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus (I. Geoffroy 1831)

[Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus)] hippurus (I. Geoffroy 1831) , in: Belanger (ed.), Voy. Indes Orient., Mamm., 3 (Zoologie): 149.

Type Locality: "Java." Restricted by Robinson and Kloss (1918 a:226) to Malacca, Malaysia .

Vernacular Names: Horse-tailed Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus subsp. hippurus I. Geoffroy 1831

Subspecies Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus subsp. borneensis Gray 1867

Subspecies Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus subsp. pryeri Thomas 1892

Subspecies Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus subsp. hippurosus Lyon 1907

Subspecies Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus subsp. ornatus Dao and Cao 1990

Distribution: S Vietnam, S to Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Aletesciurus . Corbet and Hill (1992: 297) recognized four subspecies on Borneo, including hippurellus and inquinatus.