Sundasciurus moellendorffi

(Matschie, 1898)

Culion Tree 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

Matschie, P. 1898. Herr Matschie sprach über Säugethiere von den Philippinen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1898:38-43.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790760

Original name as described

Sciurus möllendorffi

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Calamianes...von Culion" (= Calamian I, Philippines).

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001587

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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 albicauda

Matschie, 1898

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

albicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Hab. Calamianes. Auch diese Eichhörnchen, von denen mir fünf vorgelegen haben, sollen von Culion stammen. Ich glaube nicht, dass diese Angaben richtig sind. Wahrscheinlich werden sie von einer anderen Calamianen-Insel herrühren.

Type locality

Philippines: Culion.

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790761

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:316, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Hollister (1912:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus möllendorffi

Matschie, 1898

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

moellendorffi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Culion

Type locality

Philippines: Culion.

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790760

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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)

Callosciurus mollendorffi:

Sanborn, 1952

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mollendorffi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785509

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

Sanborn (1952:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)

Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) mollendorffi:

J. C. Moore, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mollendorffi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

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)
Corbet & Hill (1980:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Sundasciurus albicauda:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

albicauda

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)

Sundasciurus moellendorffi:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

moellendorffi

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 (1993:452) (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 #21159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21159/22250089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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