Ratufa macroura

(Pennant, 1769)

Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel

Also as Grizzled Giant Squirrel.
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Location:Sri Lanka, Sabaragamuwa or Southern province, Sinharaja Forest ReserveDate taken:Jan 8, 2014

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2547

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Ratufinae
Genus : Ratufa

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pennant, T. 1769. Indian Zoology. None, London, 14 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56772645

Original name as described

Sciurus macrourus

Other common names

Grizzled Giant Squirrel

Type locality

"Ceylon and Malabar...Malacca...Goa and Amboina." Restricted by W. W. A. Phillips in 1933 to highlands of Central and Uva Provinces, Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001609

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 24 names and synonyms.

Sciurus Zeylanicus

(J. Ray, 1693)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

zeylanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

before_1758

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28832324

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus macrourus

(Pennant, 1769)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

macroura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56772645

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:420, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Borowski (1780:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  3. Zimmermann (1783:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Gmelin (1788:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  5. Kerr (1792:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  6. Shaw (1801:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37618)
  7. Turton (1802:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  8. Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  9. Wolf (1808:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  10. Goldfuss (1809:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  11. Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  12. Schinz (1821:305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  13. Horsfield (1824:@pl. 26 unnumbered p. 13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47293112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59259)
  14. Schinz (1825:419, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  15. De Kay (1842:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  16. Blyth (1847:868, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39852)
  17. Blyth (1849:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40128630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63252)
  18. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  19. Kelaart (1852:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  20. Blyth (1852:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  21. Blyth (1863:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  22. Day (1863:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69416)
  23. Jerdon (1867:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Sciurus ceylonicus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ceylonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

416

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873213

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:416, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus Ceilonensis

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ceilonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230081

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Desmarest (1822:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  3. Lesson (1827:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus Ceylanensis

(Desmoulins, 1824)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ceylanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48533434

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Desmoulins (1824:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48533434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39868)

Sciurus macrurus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

macrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

355

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Wagler (1830:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  3. Burmeister (1837:813, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  4. Gray (1843:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  5. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  6. Kelaart (1890:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Sciurus Teanentii

(E. Blyth, 1849)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

teanentii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

600

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40128629

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1849:600, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40128629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63252)

Sciurus Tennentii

(E. L. Layard, 1851)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tennentii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  2. Blyth (1863:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Murray (1866:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus macrourus var. montanus

(Kelaart, 1852)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomennudum · notusedasvalid

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257249

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus tennantii

(Kelaart, 1852)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tennantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257249

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)

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