Prosciurillus leucomus

(S. Müller & Schlegel in Temminck, 1844)

Whitish Dwarf 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1844-03-22. No. 10. Mammalia, pp. 85-100; Aves, pls. 8-11; Pisces, pls. 4-6; Insecta, pp. 229-248, pls. 21-23 in Temminck, C.J. 1839-1845. Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen. Zoologie. S. en J. Luchtmans en C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50103394

Original name as described

Sciurus leucomus

Type material

RMNH.MAM.13344.a, RMNH.MAM.13344.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13344.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13344.b

Type locality

"Celebes." Restricted by A. B. Meyer in 1898 to Minahassa, northeast of Celebes (= Sulawesi), Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. alstoni and P. topapuensis

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001569

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 leucomus occidentalis

(A. B. Meyer, 1898)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

MTD B168

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33471478

Authority publication

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

Sciurus leucomus

(S. Müller & Schlegel in Temminck, 1844)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

leucomus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.13344.a, RMNH.MAM.13344.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13344.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13344.b

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50103394

Authority publication

Leiden

Prosciurillus leucomus

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

leucomus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

203

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Moore (1959:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112297404/22256289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Callosciurus leucomus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

leucomus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

132

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Prosciurillus leucomus leucomus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

leucomus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Prosciurillus leucomus occidentalis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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