Sciurus aestuans

Linnaeus, 1766

Guianan Squirrel

Also as Guerlinguetus aestuans.
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Location:Brazil, Minas Gerais state, Caraça Date taken:Aug 19, 2007

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6198

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 æstuans

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.J. and D'Elía, G. 2015. Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1290 pp. a#27628 · Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Pavan, S.E., Tsuchiya, M.T.N., Wilson, D.E., Percequillo, A.R. and 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. doi:10.1186/s12862-020-01639-y · Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Pavan, S.E., Tsuchiya, M.T.N., Wilson, D.E., Percequillo, A.R. and 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):1-14. doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00230

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://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.

Total: 37 names and synonyms.

Sciurus æstuans

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. Linnaeus (1766:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  2. Boddaert (1772:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  3. Erxleben (1777:421, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Borowski (1780:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  5. Zimmermann (1783:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  6. Boddaert (1785:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  7. Gmelin (1788:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  8. Kerr (1792:263, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  9. Shaw (1801:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37618)
  10. Turton (1802:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  11. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  12. Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  13. Wolf (1808:507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  14. Goldfuss (1809:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  15. Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  16. Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  17. Desmarest (1817:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18038450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60383)
  18. Lichtenstein (1818:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68386)
  19. Muirhead (1819:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  20. Schinz (1821:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  21. Desmarest (1822:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  22. Desmoulins (1824:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48533435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39868)
  23. Schinz (1825:421, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  24. Fischer (1829:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  25. Wagler (1830:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  26. Tschudi (1844:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)
  27. Burmeister (1854:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13548350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59236)
  28. Giebel (1855:652, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  29. Blainville (1855:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57986931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37133)
  30. Murray (1866:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  31. Frantzius (1869:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72294)
  32. Sclater (1872:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  33. Martínez (1873:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14431638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67333)
  34. True (1885:595, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  35. Allen (1895:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
  36. Alfaro (1897:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  37. Allen (1897:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10040)
  38. Ihering (1897:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11200459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68752)
  39. Thomas (1898:933, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  40. Thomas (1899:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19210403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16491)
  41. Allen (1899:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15958)
  42. Allen (1900:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15961)
  43. Bangs (1902:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  44. Trouessart (1904:327, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  45. Allen (1910:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16010)
  46. Allen (1911:255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16009)
  47. Barriga-Bonilla (1966:492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43035)
  48. Husson (1978:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  49. Corbet & Hill (1980:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  50. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:362, 363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  51. Corbet & Hill (1991:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  52. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  53. Voss, Lunde & Simmons (2001:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10101)
  54. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  55. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  56. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  57. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  58. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  59. 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

  1. Kerr (1792:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Turton (1802:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  3. 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

  1. Kerr (1792:265, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Turton (1802:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772950) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  3. 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 Guerlinguet

Goldfuss, 1809

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

guerlinguet

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497956

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

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 Gerlingus

H. R. Schinz, 1821

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gerlingus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529069

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Schinz (1821:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

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

Name usages

Gray (1821:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)

æsciurius stuans

F. Cuvier, 1825

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

stuans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

255

Authority publication

Strasbourg

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

  1. Lesson (1827:238, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Cuvier (1833:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
  3. Burmeister (1837:813, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)

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