Sciurus deppei

W. C. H. Peters, 1864

Deppe's 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1864. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mitthellung über neue Eichhornarten aus Mexico, Costa Rica und Guiana, so wie über _Scalops latimanus_ Bachmann. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863:652-656.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43206734

Original name as described

Sciurus Deppei

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mexico, Papantla, [Veracruz]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica

Taxonomy notes

under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. deppei (along with S. colliaei, S. aureogaster, 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001682

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 Deppei

W. C. H. Peters, 1864

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

deppei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

654

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43206734

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. True (1885:595, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Goodwin (1946:363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  3. Moore (1959:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  4. Burt & Stirton (1961:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5545)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:363, 364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  9. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  10. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20001) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20001/115154440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Macroxus taeniurus

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

taeniurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22222903

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Macroxus tephrogaster

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tephrogaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1856.8.1.11

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2419d9ee-801e-4743-920e-24e59a1509d2 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a4ee5176-1182-43a3-8131-922d2784ab29

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22222903

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Sciurus negligens

E. W. Nelson, 1898

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

negligens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:93028

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b38f17cc-9596-41ce-aa6e-92188c39756c

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Sciurus deppei vivax

E. W. Nelson, 1901

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vivax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:107932

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34bb43928-6900-4673-9cfd-ef76c8438bbd

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3793118

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus deppei matagalpae

J. A. Allen, 1908

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

matagalpae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-28440

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-28440

Authority page

660

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046497

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus miravallensis

W. P. Harris, 1931

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

miravallensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 59882

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Sciurus deppei miravallensis

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

miravallensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

363

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus deppei deppei

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

deppei

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 (2016:748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus deppei negligens

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

negligens

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 (2016:748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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