Rubrisciurus rubriventer

(S. Müller & Schlegel in Temminck, 1844)

Sulawesi Giant Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1844-03-22. No. 10. Mammalia, pp. 85-100; Aves, pls. 8-11; Pisces, pls. 4-6; Insecta, pp. 229-248, pls. 21-23 in Temminck, C.J. 1839-1845. Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen. Zoologie. S. en J. Luchtmans en C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50103393

Original name as described

Sciurus rubriventer

Type material

RMNH.MAM.13341

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13341

Type locality

"Celebes" (Minahassa Peninsula, NE Sulawesi, Indonesia).

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001575

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Sciurus rubriventer

S. Müller & Schlegel in Temminck, 1844

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

rubriventer

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.13341

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Celebes.

Type locality

Indonesia: Sulawesi: North Sulawesi.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13341

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50103393

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Giebel (1855:656, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Murray (1866:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Jentink (1879:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68526)
Trouessart (1904:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas (1908:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2222283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62341)

Tomeutes rubriventer:

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

rubriventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Callosciurus rubriventer:

Sody, 1949

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

rubriventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1949:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31867)
Laurie & Hill (1954:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635688) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Rubrisciurus rubriventer:

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

rubriventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

203

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Moore (1959:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:361, 362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Riley (2002:292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5877)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Musser, Durden, Holden & Light (2010:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6441)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19762/22248649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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