Sciurus pucheranii

Authority citation

Fitzinger, L.J.F.J. 1867. Versuch einer natürlichen Anordnung der Nagethiere (Rodentia). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe)55:453-515.

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Original name as described

Funambulus Pucheranii

Other common names

Pucheran's Squirrel

Type material

MNHN 564

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Colombia, near Bogota."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

Taxonomy notes

some authors have included S. ignitus and sanborni under S. pucheranii, but molecular data supports the species status of S. ignitus including sanborni as a synonym; under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. pucheranii (along with a number of species previously included under Microsciurus) would be moved to the genus Leptosciurus; this arrangement is tentatively not followed here pending further investigation; S. ignitus may be included under this species

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

Not Evaluated

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