Paraxerus alexandri

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)

Alexander's Bush Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. and Wroughton, R.C. 1907-04-30. New mammals from Lake Chad and the Congo, mostly from the collections made during the Alexander-Gosling expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)19(113):370-387.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254836

Original name as described

Funisciurus Alexandri

Type material

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Gudima, R. [= River] Iri, Upper Welle," DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001820

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.

Funisciurus Alexandri

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alexandri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254836

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Paraxerus alexandri

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

alexandri

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 (2013:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16203/115131561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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