Rhinosciurus laticaudatus (Müller 1840)

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 : 785

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scientific name	Rhinosciurus laticaudatus (Müller 1840)
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[Sciurus] laticaudatus Müller 1840 , in: Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Zoogd. Indisch. Archipel.: 34 [1840], see comments.

Type Locality: "Pontianak" [W Kalimantan, Indonesia].

Vernacular Names: Shrew-faced Squirrel.

Synonyms: Rhinosciurus incultus Lyon 1916 ; Rhinosciurus rhionis Thomas and Wroughton 1909 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Rhinosciurus laticaudatus subsp. laticaudatus Müller 1840

Subspecies Rhinosciurus laticaudatus subsp. alacris Thomas 1908

Subspecies Rhinosciurus laticaudatus subsp. saturatus Robinson and Kloss 1919

Distribution: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and small adjacent 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, 100 [1844], pl. 15 [1841] (from which this species is often cited).