Heliosciurus rufobrachium
(G. R. Waterhouse, 1842)
Red-legged 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
Waterhouse, G.R. 1842-11-01. Observations on the Rodentia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(64):197-203.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324179Original name as described
Sciurus rufo-brachium
Other common names
Isabelline Red-legged Sun Squirrel
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1847.1.18.68
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/49961209-9d6b-4e4f-bd43-cc6cb81f8494Type locality
"Fernando Po," Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Senegal · Gambia · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Cote d'Ivoire · Liberia · Sierra Leone · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Rwanda · Burundi
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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