Syntheosciurus brochus

Bangs, 1902

Bangs's Mountain Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bangs, O. 1902. Chiriqui Mammalia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39(2):17-51.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199042

Original name as described

Syntheosciurus brochus

Other common names

Mountain Squirrel · Neotropical Montane Squirrel

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:10402

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10402

Type locality

"Boquete, 7,000 ft. [2,134 m]," Chiriquí, Panama.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

Taxonomy notes

under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, Sciurus granatensis would be moved to the genus Syntheosciurus (still include Syntheosciurus brochus); 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001703

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 poasensis

(G. G. Goodwin, 1943)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

poasensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-131723

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-131723

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Syntheosciurus brochus

Bangs, 1902

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

brochus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:10402

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:10402

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199042

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

  1. Bangs (1902:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21260/22259417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sciurus brochus

(G. G. Goodwin, 1946)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

brochus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

366

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Syntheosciurus poasensis

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

poasensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Syntheosciurus brocus brocus

Villalobos & Cervantes-Reza, 2007

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

brocus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Zootaxa

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