Prosciurillus alstoni

(J. Anderson, 1879)

Alston's Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Anderson, J. 1879. Anatomical and Zoological Researches: Comprising an Account of the Zoological Results of the Two Expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875; and a Monograph of the Two Cetacean Genera, Platanista and Orcaella. First Volume–Text. Bernard Quaritch, London, 984 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34124828

Original name as described

Sciurus alstoni

Type material

ZSI 9546

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"probably Borneo." Restricted by G. G. Musser and colleagues in 2010 to Malakosa region, central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

split from P. leucomus

Taxonomy notes citation

Musser, G.A., Durden, L.A., Holden, M.E., Light, J.E. 2010. Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) and phylogenetics and zoogeographic assessments of Sciurid lice. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 339(1):1-260.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001568

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 alstoni

(J. Anderson, 1879)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alstoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 9546

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

252

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34124828

Authority publication

London

Sciurus tonkeanus

(A. B. Meyer, 1896)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tonkeanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MTD B3178

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33471173

Authority publication

Abhandlungen und Berichte des königlichen zoologischen und anthropologisch-ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden

Sciurus sarasinorum

(A. B. Meyer, 1899)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sarasinorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MTD B3826

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33471477

Authority publication

Abhandlungen und Berichte des königlichen zoologischen und anthropologisch-ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden

Name usages

  1. Meyer (1899:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33471477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69294)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus mowewensis

(Roux, 1910)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mowewensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMB 1626/4243

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

519

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9741960

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus elbertae

(E. Schwarz, 1911)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

elbertae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:721

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

639

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815363

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Callosciurus elbertae

(Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

elbertae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635687

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Callosciurus mowewensis

(Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mowewensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635687

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Callosciurus sarasinorum

(Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sarasinorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635687

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Callosciurus leucomus tonkeanus

(Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tonkeanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635687

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635687) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

Prosciurillus leucomus tonkeanus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tonkeanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Prosciurillus alstoni

D. E. Wilson, Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alstoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

719

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112300360/166597836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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