Callosciurus adamsi

(Kloss, 1921)

Ear-spot Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Callosciurinae
Tribe : Callosciurini
Genus : Callosciurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kloss, C.B. 1921. A new squirrel from North Sarawak. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 83:151-152.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48856892

Original name as described

Sciurus adamsi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1491

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c357cd02-a873-4c80-8f35-204304fc410e

Type locality

"Long Mujan, 150 mi. [241 km] up Baram River, Baram, Sarawak, 700-900 ft. [213-274 m]," (Malaysia).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001535

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sciurus adamsi

(Kloss, 1921)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

adamsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1491

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c357cd02-a873-4c80-8f35-204304fc410e

Authority page

151

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48856892

Authority publication

Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Callosciurus adamsi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

adamsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3591/22254804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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