Sciurus oculatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1864

Peters'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

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/43206733

Original name as described

Sciurus oculatus

Type material

ZMB 1434, ZMB 2700

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Eastern Mexico." Restricted by E. W. Nelson in 1899 to "near Las Vigas, [Veracruz], Mexico."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. oculatus (along with S. niger, S. nayaritensis, S. alleni, and S. arizonensis) 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/1001693

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 niger melanonotus

O. Thomas, 1890

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

melanonotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1889.12.7.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a546b7f7-e2ee-4d5c-b5a6-e8377f520800 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cddef124-d937-4391-ad8d-b1d7e4e28864

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28810824

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Sciurus oculatus shawi

Dalquest, 1950

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

shawi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LSUMZ:Mamm:2842

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/lsumz/mammals?id=urn-catalog-lsumz-mammals-2842

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University

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 oculatus tolucae

E. W. Nelson, 1898

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tolucae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:55927

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b95975bc-8b4a-417e-a45c-032dd34e303c

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263694

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 oculatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1864

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

oculatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1434, ZMB 2700

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

653

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43206733

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Moore (1959:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20017/22246721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sciurus oculatus oculatus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

oculatus

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 capistratus

H. Lichtenstein, 1830

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

capistratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29683792

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

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