Heliosciurus punctatus

(Temminck, 1853)

Small Sun Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

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/14835885

Original name as described

Sciurus punctatus

Type material

RMNH.MAM.26366.a, RMNH.MAM.26366.b, RMNH.MAM.26367.a, RMNH.MAM.26367.b, RMNH.MAM.26368.a, RMNH.MAM.26368.b, RMNH.MAM.26369.a, RMNH.MAM.26369.b, RMNH.MAM.26370

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26366.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26366.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26367.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26367.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26368.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26368.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26369.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26369.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26370

Type locality

"les forêts de la Guiné," Guinea coast of Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sierra Leone · Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001815

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.

Heliosciurus punctatus savannius

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

savannius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.2.3.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/44d3e431-bb5a-42f5-a57e-6c8957c16939

Authority page

521

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355775

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurus punctatus

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

punctatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.26366.a, RMNH.MAM.26366.b, RMNH.MAM.26367.a, RMNH.MAM.26367.b, RMNH.MAM.26368.a, RMNH.MAM.26368.b, RMNH.MAM.26369.a, RMNH.MAM.26369.b, RMNH.MAM.26370

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26366.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26366.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26367.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26367.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26368.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26368.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26369.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26369.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26370

Authority page

138

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835885

Authority publication

Leiden

Heliosciurus punctatus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

punctatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Happold (2013:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9832/115094941) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Heliosciurus punctatus punctatus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

punctatus

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 (2016:828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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