Paraxerus cepapi

(A. Smith, 1836)

Smith'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

Smith, A. 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope, June 23, 1834, under the Superintendence of Dr. A. Smith. Government Gazette Office, Cape Town, 68 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=lcMNAAAAQAAJ

Original name as described

Sciurus Cepapi

Type locality

"Marico River, Rustenberg District, NW Province, South Africa."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Angola · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Namibia · Botswana · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001822

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 Cepapi

(A. Smith, 1836)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cepapi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

43

Authority publication

Cape Town

Name usages

  1. Smith (1838:pl. 5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51577715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67637)
  2. Peters (1852:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
  3. Giebel (1855:660, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  4. Murray (1866:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Huet (1880:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36856719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68672)
  6. Pagenstecher (1885:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67738)
  7. Noack (1887:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67855)
  8. Noack (1891:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7780997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38509)
  9. Matschie (1895:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Sciurus Cepate

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cepate

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729837

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Funisciurus cepapi

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cepapi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

933

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988174

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:933, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Wroughton (1907:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)

Funisciurus yulei

(O. Thomas, 1902)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

yulei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.1.6.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9a50b19b-4b38-408b-ad8a-36331777e8f9

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31575656

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Funisciurus cepapi sindi

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sindi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.4.3.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1f721d23-f23d-4489-aed2-f68ff0a4c004

Authority page

543

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31938725

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Paraxerus cepapi

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cepapi

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. Roberts (1913:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Pocock (1923:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41936)
  4. Shortridge (1934:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  5. Hill & Carter (1941:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  6. Roberts (1946:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  7. Lundholm (1955:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)
  8. Moore (1959:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1980:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  10. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1991:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  12. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  13. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  14. Happold (2013:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  15. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16205/115131842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Paraxerus yulei

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

yulei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

475

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071848

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1909:475, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16530)

Paraxerus cepapi quotus

Wroughton, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

quotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.12.13.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a6216049-77fe-4151-87bc-02c1b794a363

Authority page

516

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071889

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Paraxerus cepapi soccatus

Wroughton, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

soccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.2.4.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e5c48000-3567-426b-bbeb-ee240fb14cb4

Authority page

515

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071888

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lundholm (1955:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Paraxerus cepapi phalaena

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

phalaenus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.12.4.57

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/efbae8e7-a7c7-4956-acd1-31da7a45509b

Authority page

296

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Hill & Carter (1941:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Paraxerus cepapi chobiensis

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

chobiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6492

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Paraxerus cepapi kalaharicus

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

kalaharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6493

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Paraxerus cepapi maunensis

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

maunensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6503

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Paraxerus cepapi cepapi

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cepapi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

206

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Roberts (1946:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  3. Lundholm (1955:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Paraxerus cepapi sindi

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sindi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

206

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Lundholm (1955:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Paraxerus cepapi tsumebensis

A. Roberts, 1938

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tsumebensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 8009

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

236

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Paraxerus cepapi bororensis

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

bororensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 516

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

317

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1946:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Paraxerus cepapi cepapoides

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cepapoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 513

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

316

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1946:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  2. Lundholm (1955:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Paraxerus cepapi carpi

Lundholm, 1955

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

carpi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 10497

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

294

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Lundholm (1955:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Paraxerus cepapi yulei

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

yulei

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 (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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