Callosciurus orestes

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Borneo Black-banded Squirrel

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Location:Malaysia, Sabah state, Mt. KinabaluDate taken:19 July 2022

Distribution :

Sabah and Sarawak (Borneo), Malaysia, at middle elevations (Payne et al., 1985).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7011

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1895-06-01. On a special mountain race of the plantain squirrel from Mount Dulit, E. Sarawak. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)15(90):529-531.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002436

Original name as described

Sciurus notatus orestes

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1894.6.2.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dda53c5e-e0ee-4b0d-b44b-d0260524ba9e

Type locality

Mount Dulit, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001545

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Sciurus notatus orestes

O. Thomas, 1895

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

orestes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.6.2.24

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mount Dulit, 4000 feet

Type locality

Malaysia: Sarawak.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dda53c5e-e0ee-4b0d-b44b-d0260524ba9e

Authority page

530

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16002436

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Sciurus nigrovittatus orestes:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

orestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

314

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423195

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Chasen (1940:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)

Callosciurus nigrovittatus orestes:

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

orestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

223

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127045

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Sciurus nigrovittatus venetus

Chasen, 1940

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

venetus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mt. Kinabalu, North Borneo, 3,300 ft. · on Mt. Kinabalu (Kenokok, 3,300 ft.), British North Borneo

Type locality

Malaysia: Sabah.

Authority page

139 (footnote)

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:139 (footnote)) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Glyphotes (Hessonoglyphotes) canalvus

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

canalvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 14142

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mt. Dulit, Borneo

Type locality

Malaysia: Sarawak: 3°3′N, 114°11′E.

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63279423

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Callosciurus orestes:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

orestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3601/22253873) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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