Sciurus yucatanensis

J. A. Allen, 1877

Yucatán Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Tribe : Sciurini
Genus : Sciurus
Subgenus : Echinosciurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1877. Sciuridae. Pp. 631–940 in Coues, E. and Allen, J.A. (eds.). Monographs of the North American Rodentia. United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Washington, 940 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001499

Original name as described

Sciurus carolinensis Var. yucatanensis

Other common names

Yucatan Squirrel

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:5398 (= USNM:MAMM:8502), USNM:MAMM:8503 (= USNM:MAMM:A37496), USNM:MAMM:8504 (= USNM:MAMM:A37493)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3071e3a54-c3a1-4b05-9b41-989a0ba26dbb http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/337753a30-e344-4c07-90ec-ea1677347542 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:5398

Type locality

"Merida, Yucatan," Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala

Taxonomy notes

under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. yucatanensis (along with S. colliaei, S. deppei, S. aureogaster, and S. variegatoides) would be moved to the genus Echinosciurus; 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/1001702

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 carolinensis Var. yucatanensis

J. A. Allen, 1877

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

yucatanensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:5398 (= USNM:MAMM:8502), USNM:MAMM:8503 (= USNM:MAMM:A37496), USNM:MAMM:8504 (= USNM:MAMM:A37493)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3071e3a54-c3a1-4b05-9b41-989a0ba26dbb http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/337753a30-e344-4c07-90ec-ea1677347542 https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:5398

Authority page

705

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16001499

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

True (1885:595, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Sciurus yucatanensis

D. G. Elliot, 1896

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

yucatanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6682777

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

  1. Elliot (1896:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6682777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69292)
  2. Moore (1959:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  7. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20026/115156290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sciurus yucatanensis baliolus

E. W. Nelson, 1901

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

baliolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:107939

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3dcf414bc-d863-4ebf-b830-03e6056f70ce

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3793118

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 (2016:749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus yucatanensis phaeopus

G. G. Goodwin, 1932

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

phaeopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-73106

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-73106

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus yucatanensis yucatanensis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

yucatanensis

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 (2016:749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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