Funisciurus lemniscatus

(Le Conte, 1857)

Ribboned 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

Le Conte, J.E. 1857-02-25. Descriptions of several new mammals from western Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9(1):10-11.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330275

Original name as described

Sciurus lemniscatus

Type material

ANSP 1604

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Western Africa," Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001809

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 lemniscatus

(Le Conte, 1857)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lemniscatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1604

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330275

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Bocage (1890:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68678)

Sciurus Sharpei

(J. E. Gray, 1873)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sharpei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1873.7.22.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b5303cea-c6e7-4bb2-9a6f-1a950185458c

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16005137

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Funisciurus lemniscatus

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lemniscatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

471

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071844

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1909:471, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16530)
  2. Moore (1959:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:131) (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 (2013:56) (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 #8760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8760/115088948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Funisciurus mayumbicus

P. S. Kershaw, 1923

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mayumbicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 6468

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

363

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989865

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Kershaw (1923:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)

Funisciurus lemniscatus lemniscatus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lemniscatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Funisciurus lemniscatus mayumbicus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mayumbicus

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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