Funisciurus carruthersi

O. Thomas, 1906

Carruther's Mountain Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1906-08-01. Description of new mammals from Mount Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)18(104):136-147.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366401

Original name as described

Funisciurus Carruthersi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3af42416-22ed-407e-bf6a-07f827f4f795

Type locality

"Ruwenzori East," Uganda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001805

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.

Funisciurus Carruthersi

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

carruthersi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3af42416-22ed-407e-bf6a-07f827f4f795

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366401

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1909:475, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16530)
  2. Moore (1959:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  7. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  8. Happold (2013:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  9. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8755/115088287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Funisciurus carruthersi tanganyikae

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tanganyikae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

477

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097856

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Funisciurus carruthersi chrysippus

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chrysippus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.3.3.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9efc261-d659-4276-8c6e-183390e4ebc9

Authority page

522

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355776

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Funisciurus carruthersi birungensis

Gyldenstolpe, 1927

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

birungensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

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

Funisciurus carruthersi carruthersi

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

carruthersi

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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