Epixerus ebii

(Temminck, 1853)

African Palm Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Protoxerini
Genus : Epixerus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1853. Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835876

Original name as described

Sciurus ebii

Other common names

Western Palm Squirrel · Ebian's Palm Squirrel · Temminck's Giant Squirrel

Type material

RMNH.MAM.19626.a, RMNH.MAM.19626.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19626.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19626.b

Type locality

Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001802

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 Wilsoni

(Du Chaillu, 1861)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

wilsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1867.9.5.12, ANSP 12303, ZMB (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

364

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249924

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Epixerus ebii jonesi

Hayman, 1954

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

jonesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1952.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30a34341-77cd-453e-89d0-c7b7decbce83

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Epixerus wilsoni mayumbicus

W. N. Verheyen, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mayumbicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 16060

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

302

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus ebii

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ebii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.19626.a, RMNH.MAM.19626.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19626.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19626.b

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835876

Authority publication

Leiden

Epixerus wilsoni

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

wilsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

202

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Moore (1959:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Epixerus ebii

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ebii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

130

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Happold (2013:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7899/22245089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Epixerus ebii ebii

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ebii

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 (2016:830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Epixerus ebii wilsoni

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

wilsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

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