Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1844. Aflevering 2. Pp. 25–59 in Temminck, C.J. Fauna Japonica. Aperçu général et spécifique sur les mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les îles qui en dépendent. A. Arnz & Co., Leiden, 59 pp.

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Original name as described

Sciurus lis

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39347.a, RMNH.MAM.39347.b, RMNH.MAM.39348.a, RMNH.MAM.39348.b, RMNH.MAM.39349

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

Type locality

"Japan." Restricted by G. B. Corbet in 1978 to Honshu, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

Taxonomy notes

under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. lis (along with S. vulgaris, S. meridionalis, and S. anomalus) would be the only representatives of the genus Sciurus; 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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