Sciurus aureogaster
F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1829
Red-bellied Squirrel
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Sciuridae |
| Subfamily | : Sciurinae |
| Tribe | : Sciurini |
| Genus | : Sciurus |
| Subgenus | : Echinosciurus |
Species status
Authority citation
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. and Cuvier, F. 1829-01. Livraison 59. in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. and Cuvier, F. 1818-1842. Histoire naturelle des mammifères, avec figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'après des animaux vivants. Blaise, Paris.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53183084Original name as described
Aureogaster
Other common names
Mexican Gray Squirrel · Mexican Red-bellied Squirrel
Type material
MNHN 482
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
"California." Restricted by E. W. Nelson in 1899 to Alta Mira, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Guatemala
Taxonomy notes
under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. aureogaster (along with S. colliaei, S. deppei, S. yucatanensis, and S. variegatoides) would be moved to the genus Echinosciurus; 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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