Paraxerus poensis

(A. Smith, 1834)

Green 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. 1834. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)2(1):113-128.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968244

Original name as described

Sciurus poensis

Type locality

"Bioko, Equatorial Guinea."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001828

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 subviridescens

(Le Conte, 1857)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

subviridescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1069, ANSP 1508

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Paraxerus poensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Happold (2013:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16211/115132527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sciurus poensis

(A. Smith, 1834)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968244

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Sciurus musculinus

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

musculinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

142

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835889

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

Sciurus olivaceus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

olivaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2704408

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

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

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