Paraxerus vexillarius

(P. S. Kershaw, 1923)

Swynnerton'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

Kershaw, P.S. 1923-05-01. On a collection of mammals from Tanganyika territory. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)11(65):586-600.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355849

Original name as described

Funisciurus vexillarius

Other common names

Svynnerton's Bush Squirrel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1923.3.4.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8cdbc84-4828-496a-9de4-0ca376678a67

Type locality

"Wilhelmsthal, Lushoto, Usambara, Tanzania."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001829

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 vexillarius

(P. S. Kershaw, 1923)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vexillarius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.3.4.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8cdbc84-4828-496a-9de4-0ca376678a67

Authority page

591

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355849

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Funisciurus byatti

(P. S. Kershaw, 1923)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

byatti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.3.4.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9a24aa3-3b1c-4701-a411-555be56a3cf0

Authority page

592

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355850

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Aethosciurus byatti laetus

(G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1933)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

laetus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:26198

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:26198

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2806512

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

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

Paraxerus vexillarius

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vexillarius

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 (2013:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16202/22242766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Paraxerus vexillarius byatti

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

byatti

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)

Paraxerus vexillarius vexillarius

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vexillarius

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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