Sciurotamias davidianus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Pere David's Rock Squirrel

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Location:China, Yunnan, Diqing Zangzu Zizhizhou (Autonomous Prefecture), Pudacuo National Park, Shuduhu (Shudu Lake)Date taken:Jan 1, 2013

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2035

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Sciurotamiini
Genus : Sciurotamias
Subgenus : Sciurotamias

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1867-06. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles d'Écureuils de l'ancien continent. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)19:193-199.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2704376

Original name as described

Sciurus Davidianus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1863-655 (= MNHN:type:295) (= MNHN "273"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1864-580 (= MNHN:type:295a), RMNH.MAM.39343

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39343.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39343.b

Type locality

"Mountains of Peking, " Hebei Provence, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001768

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: 14 names and synonyms.

Sciurus Davidianus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

davidianus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1863-655 (= MNHN:type:295) (= MNHN "273"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1864-580 (= MNHN:type:295a), RMNH.MAM.39343

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39343.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39343.b

Authority page

196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2704376

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

  1. David (1871:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62819)
  2. Büchner (1891:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37008357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68987)

Sciurus consobrinus

(Milne-Edwards in A. Milne-Edwards, 1874)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

consobrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

305

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524381

Authority publication

Paris

Dremomys collaris

(Heude, 1898)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

collaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

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

Dremomys latro

(Heude, 1898)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

latro

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

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

Dremomys saltitans

(Heude, 1898)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

saltitans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

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

Funambulus Davidianus

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

davidianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

250

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336039

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1898:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16290)

[Sciurotamias] davidianus

G. S. Miller, 1901

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

davidianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

23

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3793008

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Miller (1901:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3793008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9338)
  2. Trouessart (1904:330, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Thomas (1908:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2222283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62341)
  4. Thomas (1911:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31251997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  5. Thomas (1912:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31854806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14032)
  6. Moore (1959:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  7. Moore & Tate (1965:304, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2765109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1991:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  11. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  12. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  13. Smith & Xie (2008:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  14. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  18. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19998/115154075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sciurotamias owstoni

J. A. Allen, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

owstoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-27545

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-27545

Authority page

429

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Sciurotamias davidianus consobrinus

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

consobrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

169

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31251997

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1911:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31251997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14044)
  2. Thomas (1912:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31854806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14032)
  3. Moore & Tate (1965:307, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2765112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurotamias davidanus thayeri

G. M. Allen, 1912

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

thayeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:8008

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:8008

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30697239

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

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

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