Sundasciurus brookei

(O. Thomas, 1892)

Brooke's Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1892-03-01. On some new Mammalia from the East-Indian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)9(51):250-254.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268479

Original name as described

Sciurus Brookei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1892.2.7.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d5ed1e73-fb66-4cc5-824f-75e8ac56dd36

Type locality

"Mount Dulit, N. Borneo" (Sarawak, Malaysia).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001577

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 Brookei

(O. Thomas, 1892)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

brookei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.2.7.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d5ed1e73-fb66-4cc5-824f-75e8ac56dd36

Authority page

253

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268479

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Tomeutes brookei

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

brookei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

386

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15613112

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1915:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15613112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19890)
  2. Robinson & Kloss (1918:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Sundasciurus brookei

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

brookei

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 (1980:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21153/22250269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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