Funisciurus isabella

(J. E. Gray, 1862)

Lady Burton's Rope 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

Gray, J.E. 1862-09. List of Mammalia from the Camaroon Mountains, collected by Capt. Burton, H.M. Consul, Fernando Po. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862(2):180-181.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577212

Original name as described

Sciurus isabella

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.9.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e50a496a-353f-44f6-b602-7a3557fef19e

Type locality

"Camaroon Mountains, 7000 feet [2100 m] above the level of the sea," Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

previously included F. duchaillui

Taxonomy notes citation

Brugière, D., Fleury, M.-C. and Colyn, M. 2005. Structure of the squirrel community in the Forêt des Abeilles, central Gabon: rediscovery and revalidation of Funisciurus duchaillui Sanborn, 1953. Mammalia 69: 223-231.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001808

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 isabella

(J. E. Gray, 1862)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

isabella

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.9.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e50a496a-353f-44f6-b602-7a3557fef19e

Authority page

180

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577212

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Funisciurus isabella dubosti

Eisentraut, 1969

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

dubosti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1965-179

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

62

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung

Name usages

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

Funisciurus isabella

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

isabella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

933

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988174

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:933, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Happold (2013:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001808) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8759/115088799) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Funisciurus isabella isabella

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

isabella

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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