Sciurus alleni

E. W. Nelson, 1898

Allen's Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Nelson, E.W. 1898-06-03. Descriptions of new squirrels from Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12:145-156.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263693

Original name as described

Sciurus alleni

Type material

USNM:MAMM:25731 (= USNM:MAMM:A33131)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34c04a5f1-853c-4ea0-bca6-15bac0a61020

Type locality

"Monterey, Tamaulipas [=Nuevo León], Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. alleni (along with S. niger, S. nayaritensis, S. arizonensis, and S. oculatus) would be moved to the genus Parasciurus; 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/1001676

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 alleni

E. W. Nelson, 1898

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alleni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:25731 (= USNM:MAMM:A33131)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34c04a5f1-853c-4ea0-bca6-15bac0a61020

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263693

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Moore (1959:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  6. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  7. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20004/22248517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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