Authority citation

Nelson, E.W. 1898-06-03. Descriptions of new squirrels from Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 12:145-156.

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Original name as described

Sciurus richmondi

Type material

USNM:MAMM:36481 (= USNM:MAMM:A48851)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Type locality

"Escondido River, Nicaragua." Restricted by E. W. Nelson in 1899 to "Escondido River (50 miles [80 km] above Blufiekds), Nicaragua."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Nicaragua

Taxonomy notes

under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. richmondi (as a synonym of S. granatensis) would be moved to the genus Syntheosciurus; 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

Near Threatened

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