Paraxerus ochraceus

(Huet, 1880)

Ochre Bush Squirrel

Adult male on branch
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Location:Kenya, Laikipia county (former Rift Valley province) Mpala RanchDate taken:Jul 13, 2009

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2094

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Huet, J. 1880. Recherches sur les écureuils africains. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (2)3:131-158.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36856720

Original name as described

Sciurus ochraceus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1877-619 (= MNHN:type:303)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Bagamoyo, Tanzania."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001826

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.

Total: 30 names and synonyms.

Sciurus ochraceus

(Huet, 1880)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ochraceus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1877-619 (= MNHN:type:303)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

154

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36856720

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Huet (1880:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36856720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68672)

Sciurus cepapi var. Aruscensis

(Pagenstecher, 1885)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

aruscensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824495

Authority publication

Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten

Name usages

Pagenstecher (1885:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7824495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67738)

Sciurus pauli

(Matschie, 1894)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pauli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

256

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581366

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus ganana

(Rhoads, 1896)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ganana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 3809

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

522

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675931

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Sciurus Jacksoni

(de Winton, 1897)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

jacksoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.2.3.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/269af2c4-4a91-403d-8f0c-95c643e60bf4

Authority page

574

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268062

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Xerus (Paraxerus) poensis affinis

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 3810

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

406

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53434948

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Funisciurus poensis affinis

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423185

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:304, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Heliosciurus jacksoni

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

jacksoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

302

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423183

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Funisciurus ganana

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ganana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423184

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Funisciurus pauli

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pauli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423184

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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