Callosciurus finlaysonii
(Horsfield, 1824)
Finlayson's Squirrel
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
Family | : Sciuridae |
Subfamily | : Nannosciurinae |
Tribe | : Nannosciurini |
Genus | : Callosciurus |
Species status
Authority citation
Horsfield, T. 1824-01. No. VII. Sciurus Plantani. Lutra leptonyx. Semnopithecus Pyrrhus. Rhinolophus nobilis. Brachypterix montana. Ardea speciosa. Muscicapa Banyumas. M. hirundinacea. Cuculus lugubris. in Horsfield, T. 1824. Zoological Researches in Java, and the Neighbouring Islands. Kingsbury, Parbury, & Allen, London, not continuously paginated pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47293106Original name as described
Sciurus finlaysonii
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.521
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aebae3eb-d6fa-4bbd-b492-01ae5b0f088fType locality
"the Islands called Sichang, in the Gulf of Siam, " Koh Si Chang, Gulf of Thailand.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Cambodia · Vietnam
Taxonomy notes
the subspecies griseimanus and flavimanus (and all synonyms associated with these subspecies) have been moved from C. erythraeus to C. finlaysonii based on genetic data
Taxonomy notes citation
Balakirev, A. E., & Rozhnov, V. V. (2019). Taxonomic revision of beautiful squirrels (Callosciurus, Rodentia: Sciuridae) from the Callosciurus erythraeus/finlaysonii c omplex and their distribution in eastern Indochina. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 67, 459-489.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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