Sundasciurus samarensis

(Steere, 1890)

Samar Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Nannosciurinae
Tribe: Nannosciurini
Genus: Sundasciurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Steere, J.B. 1890-07-14. A list of the birds and mammals collected by the Steere Expedition to the Philippines, witn localities, and with brief preliminary descriptions of supposed new species. The Courier Office, Ann Arbor, 30 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40202733

Original name as described

Sciurus Samarensis

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:1080

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=0786b5c5-1bf5-4f0c-9420-a59f17304b53

Type locality

"Samar and Leyte, " Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001592

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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.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Sciurus Samarensis

Steere, 1890

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

samarensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:1080

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Samar and Leyte

Type locality

Philippines: Samar.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=0786b5c5-1bf5-4f0c-9420-a59f17304b53

Authority page

30

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40202733

Authority publication

Ann Arbor

Name usages

Thomas (1898:388, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14017)
Trouessart (1904:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Hollister (1912:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)

Sundasciurus samarensis:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

samarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

132

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:372, 373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21162/22249465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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