Protoxerus aubinnii

(J. E. Gray, 1873)

Slender-tailed Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1873-07-01. Notes on some Mammalia from Fantee, including a new species of Macroxus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)12(67):65-66.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214126

Original name as described

Macroxus Aubinnii

Type material

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Fantee [= Fanti]," Ashanti Province, Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001831

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.

Macroxus Aubinnii

(J. E. Gray, 1873)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aubinnii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214126

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Sciurus salae

(Jentink, 1881)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

salae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.26396, RMNH.MAM.26397.a, RMNH.MAM.26397.b, RMNH.MAM.26398.a, RMNH.MAM.26398.b, RMNH.MAM.26399, RMNH.MAM.26400, RMNH.MAM.26401.a, RMNH.MAM.26401.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26396 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26397.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26397.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26398.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26398.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26399 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26400 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26401.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26401.b

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9642746

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Protoxerus aubinni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aubinni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

130

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Protoxerus aubinnii

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aubinnii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18385/166611974) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Protoxerus aubinnii aubinnii

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aubinnii

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 (2016:829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Protoxerus aubinnii salae

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

salae

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 (2016:829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Allosciurus aubinnii

(D. C. D. Happold, 2013)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aubinnii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

41

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Happold (2013:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)

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