Sundasciurus fraterculus

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Fraternal 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. 1895-01-07. On some mammals collected by Dr. E. Modigliani in Sipora, Mentawei islands. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 34:660-672.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940709

Original name as described

Sciurus fraterculus

Type locality

"Sereinu," Sipora I, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001580

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 lowii siberu

(Chasen & Kloss, 1928)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

siberu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1488 (= ZRC RM 2056)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/78721ef8-3c04-4af7-9f63-750e2bfb63a9

Authority page

824

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Sciurus pumilus

(G. S. Miller, 1903)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pumilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:121627

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39823b074-b642-4c5c-9eda-b3e7f5db3fad

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809898

Authority publication

Smithsonian Collections

Name usages

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

Tomeutes fraterculus

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

fraterculus

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

Thomas (1915:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15613112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19890)

Tomeutes pumilus

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pumilus

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

Thomas (1915:386, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15613112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19890)

Tomeutes tenuis pumilus

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pumilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127051

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:229, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Sundasciurus fraterculus

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

fraterculus

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. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21154/115160836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sciurus fraterculus

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

fraterculus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

669

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7940709

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

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