Microsciurus flaviventer
(J. E. Gray, 1867)
Amazon Dwarf Squirrel
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Sciuridae |
| Subfamily | : Sciurinae |
| Tribe | : Sciurini |
| Genus | : Microsciurus |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1867-12-01. Synopsis of the species of American squirrels in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)20(120):415-434.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22222904Original name as described
Macroxus flaviventer
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1851.7.3.6
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/90fab63e-efdc-45d5-994d-c5c3ba639f53Type locality
"Brazil."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia
Taxonomy notes
previously included M. sabanillae, M. simonsi, M. otinus, and M. similis; Microsciurus, Syntheosciurus, and Sciurus were recently tentatively revised, in which species of Microsciurus were moved to other genera; M. flaviventer would be moved to an as yet undescribed genus along with M. sabanillae and an undescribed species; this arrangement is tentatively not followed here pending further investigation
Taxonomy notes citation
Patton, J. L., Pardiñas, U. F., & D'Elía, G. (2015). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents (Vol. 2). University of Chicago Press. · de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Museomics of tree squirrels: A dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20, 1-77. · de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Spatiotemporal diversification of tree squirrels: is the South American invasion and speciation really that recent and fast?. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 230.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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