Sundasciurus hippurus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831)

Horse-tailed 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1831-03-19. Mammifères. Pp. 1–160 in Bélanger, C. 1835. Voyage aux Indes-Orientales, par le Nord de l'Europe, les Provinces du Caucase, la Géorgie, l'Arménie et la Perse, suivi de Détails topographiques, statistiques et autres sur le Pégou, les Iles de Java, de Maurice et de Bourbon, sur le Cap de Bonne-Espérance et Sainte-Hélène, pendant les Années 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829. Zoologie. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 535 pp.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435028294999

Original name as described

Sciurus hippurus

Type material

MNHN 159

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Java." Restricted by H. C. Robinson and C. B. Kloss in 1918 to Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001581

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 hippurus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 159

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

149

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1831:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67807)
  2. Blyth (1841:840, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69200)
  3. Blyth (1847:871, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126420) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39852)
  4. Giebel (1855:655, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  5. Murray (1866:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  6. Thomas (1908:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2222283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62341)

Sciurus rufogaster

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

rufogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

263

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324287

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Funambulus hippurus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

109

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Sciurus hippuris

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippuris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534783

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Macroxus rufogaster var. Borneensis

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

borneensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

283

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15624240

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Sciurus Pryeri

(O. Thomas, 1892)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pryeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1892.7.19.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1b18da83-895a-431e-b622-79be8bccb6db

Authority page

214

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27658819

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1908:247, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2222347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62341)

Sciurus hippurus Grayi

(Bonhote, 1901)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

grayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

171 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195706

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Sciurus hippurellus

(Lyon, 1907)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:142274

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32ae96687-86fe-4cd6-a258-fbf0aaa9aa0e

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30048847

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1911:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus hippurosus

(Lyon, 1907)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:141031

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a53685d8-4d9d-4b11-89ed-50e9e9193f99

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30048880

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Sciurus pryeri inquinatus

(O. Thomas, 1908)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

inquinatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.25.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/68645a85-3054-4768-8757-db9a144e4ee9

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2222347

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1908:247, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2222347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62341)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus borneensis

(Lyon, 1911)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

borneensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845254

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Lyon (1911:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)

Tomeutes hippurus

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurus

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 (1918:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Tomeutes pryeri

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pryeri

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 (1918:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Tomeutes hippurus grayi

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

grayi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Tomeutes hippurus hippurellus

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Tomeutes hippurus hippurosus

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Tomeutes hippurus hippurus

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

226

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127048

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:226, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Tomeutes pryeri inquinatus

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

inquinatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Tomeutes pryeri pryeri

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pryeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) hippurus

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurus

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  6. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  7. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21155/22250415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sundasciurus hippurus ornatus

Đào Văn Tiến & Cao Van Sung, 1990

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IEBR 1521

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

234

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sundasciurus hippurus borneensis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

borneensis

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 (2016:725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sundasciurus hippurus hippurosus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurosus

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 (2016:725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sundasciurus hippurus hippurus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sundasciurus hippurus pryeri

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pryeri

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 (2016:725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sundasciurus hippurus hippurellus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hippurellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

725

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sundasciurus hippurus inquinatus

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

inquinatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

725

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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