Sundasciurus jentinki

(O. Thomas, 1887)

Jentink'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. 1887-08-01. Description of two new squirrels from North Borneo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)20(116):127-129.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30032272

Original name as described

Sciurus Jentinki

Type locality

"Mount Kina-Balu," (Sabah, Malaysia).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001583

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 jentinki subsignanus

(Chasen, 1937)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

subsignanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1489 (= ZRC RM 1257)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/afe998f8-8a48-4d41-87bd-85dc500e3f19

Authority page

80

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

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

Tomeutes jentinki

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

jentinki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127053

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Sundasciurus jentinki

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

jentinki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

132

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21156/22250549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sciurus Jentinki

(O. Thomas, 1887)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

jentinki

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30032272

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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