Microsciurus similis
(E. W. Nelson, 1899)
Choco Dwarf Squirrel
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Sciuridae |
| Subfamily | : Sciurinae |
| Tribe | : Sciurini |
| Genus | : Microsciurus |
Species status
Authority citation
Nelson, E.W. 1899-04-14. Descriptions of three new squirrels from South America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(4):77-80.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2246/548Original name as described
Sciurus (Microsciurus) similis
Type material
AMNH M-14210
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"near Cali, Cauca Valley, [Valle de Cauca,] Colombia (alt. 6000 ft.)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Panama
Taxonomy notes
split from M. flaviventer; Microsciurus, Syntheosciurus, and Sciurus were recently tentatively revised, in which species of Microsciurus were moved to other genera; M. simonsi would be moved to the genus Leptosciurus; this arrangement is tentatively not followed here pending further investigation
Taxonomy notes citation
Patton, J. L., Pardiñas, U. F., & D'Elía, G. (2015). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents (Vol. 2). University of Chicago Press. · de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Museomics of tree squirrels: A dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20, 1-77. · de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Spatiotemporal diversification of tree squirrels: is the South American invasion and speciation really that recent and fast?. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 230.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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