Sciurus pyrrhinus
O. Thomas, 1898
Junin Red Squirrel
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Sciuridae |
| Subfamily | : Sciurinae |
| Tribe | : Sciurini |
| Genus | : Sciurus |
| Subgenus | : Hadrosciurus |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1898-09-01. Descriptions of new mammals from South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2(9):265-275.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336054Original name as described
Sciurus pyrrhinus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.3.12
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f8012b58-3b0d-48f5-a9b2-4306483c9d54Type locality
"Peru, Junin Dept., Vitoc, Garita del Sol."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru · Brazil? · Ecuador? · Bolivia?
Taxonomy notes
under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. pyrrhinus (along with S. ignitus, S. igniventris, S. spadiceus, and the recently described S. pachecoi) would be moved to the genus Hadrosciurus; 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
Not Evaluated
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