Myosciurus pumilio

(Le Conte, 1857)

African Pygmy Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

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 pumilio

Type material

ANSP 868

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"the head waters of the Ovenga River," Gabon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001819

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 pumilio

(Le Conte, 1857)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 868

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Sciurus minutus

(Du Chaillu, 1861)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1861.7.29.19

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/512a206b-6b87-49d3-ba4d-e421ce47ac6b

Authority page

366

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249926

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

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

Myosciurus minutulus

Hollister, 1921

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

minutulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1861.7.29.19

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/512a206b-6b87-49d3-ba4d-e421ce47ac6b

Authority page

135

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332389

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Myosciurus pumilio

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pumilio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

202

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Moore (1959:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Happold (2013:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14105/115119983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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