Geosciurus princeps

O. Thomas, 1929

Damara Ground Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1929-04. On mammals from the Kaoko-Veld, South-West Africa, obtained during Captain Shortridge's fifth Percy Sladen and Kaffrarian Museum Expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1929:99-111.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1929.tb07691.x

Original name as described

Geosciurus princeps

Other common names

Kaokoveld Ground Squirrel · Mountain Ground Squirrel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1928.9.11.184

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/84375310-649e-4531-b0aa-1cfa374565c6

Type locality

"Otjitundua, C Koakoveld, N Namibia."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Xerus to Geosciurus

Taxonomy notes citation

Kryštufek, B., Mahmoudi, A., Tesakov, A. S., Matějů, J., & Hutterer, R. (2016). A review of bristly ground squirrels Xerini and a generic revision in the African genus Xerus. Mammalia, 80(5), 521-540.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001836

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.

Geosciurus princeps

O. Thomas, 1929

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

princeps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1928.9.11.184

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/84375310-649e-4531-b0aa-1cfa374565c6

Authority page

106

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1937:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35343)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:782) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Xerus (Geosciurus) princeps

(J. C. Moore, 1959)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

princeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Happold (2013:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23146/115167567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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