Sciurus aestuans

Linnaeus, 1766

Guianan Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Tribe : Sciurini
Genus : Sciurus
Subgenus : Guerlinguetus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946284

Original name as described

Sciurus aestuans

Other common names

Yellow-throated Squirrel

Type locality

"Surinam."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Peru

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. brasiliensis and includes gilvigularis; under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. austuans (along with S. brasiliensis) would be moved to the genus Guerlinguetus; 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001675

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.

Guerlinguetus aestuans venustus

(J. A. Allen, 1915)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

venustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-36155

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-36155

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719581

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Sciurus Macconnelli

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

macconnelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.1.28.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c62e5321-6f9e-4531-9fb2-03c53c3838b0

Authority page

148 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980192

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Sciurus Quelchii

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

quelchii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.6.4.66

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/244f0265-3e92-4afc-a814-df840e390e7e

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980191

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) aestuans georgihernandezi

Barriga-Bonilla, 1966

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

georgihernandezi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ICN 834

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

492

Authority publication

Caldasia

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Macroxus æstuans

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aestuans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207706

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:238, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Macroxus œstuans

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

oestuans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

111

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Guerlinguetus gilvigularis

(J. C. Moore, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gilvigularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

203

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Moore (1959:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)

Sciurus aestuans aestuans

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aestuans

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 (2016:753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus gilvigularis gilvigularis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gilvigularis

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 (2016:753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus aestuans macconnelli

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

macconnelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sciurus aestuans poaiae

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

poaiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Sciurus aestuans quelchii

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

quelchii

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 (2016:753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus aestuans venustus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

venustus

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 (2016:753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus aestuans

Linnaeus, 1766

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aestuans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946284

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:421, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  3. Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  4. Martínez (1873:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14431638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67333)
  5. True (1885:595, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  6. Thomas (1898:933, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  7. Bangs (1902:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:362, 363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  11. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20003/22248406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sciurus bancrofti

Kerr, 1792

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

bancrofti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664289

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Sciurus guajanensis

Kerr, 1792

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

guajanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664289

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

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

Myoxus Guerlingus

(G. K. Shaw, 1801)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

guerlingus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603382

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Sciurus guianensis

H. Lichtenstein, 1818

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

guianensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11079866

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Sciurus guerlinguetus

J. E. Gray, 1821

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

guerlinguetus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

304

Authority publication

London Medical Repository

æsciurius stuans

F. Cuvier, 1825

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

stuans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

255

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Sciurus gilvigularis

J. A. Wagner, 1843

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gilvigularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703470

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20009/22247528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sciurus gilvigularis

J. A. Wagner, 1845

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gilvigularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776498

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Sciurus aestuans var. Guianensis

W. C. H. Peters, 1864

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

guianensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

655

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43206735

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Sciurus gilviventris

Fitzinger, 1867

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gilviventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

486

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39323565

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Sciurus gilviventris

von Pelzeln, 1883

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gilviventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9423287

Authority publication

Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien

Name usages

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

Guerlinguetus Aestuans Gilvicularis

(O. M. O. Pinto, 1931)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gilvicularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

290

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Guerlinguetus poaiae

(Moojen, 1942)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

poaiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

11

Authority publication

Boletim do Museu Nacional

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