Epixerus ebii

(Temminck, 1853)

African Palm Squirrel

Epixerus ebii wilsoni. Also as Western Palm Squirrel, Ebian's Palm Squirrel, Temminck's Giant Squirrel.
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Location:Gabon, Ogooué-Ivindo province, Lope National Park, Mikongo CampDate taken:18 August 2018Description:Epixerus ebii wilsoni. Also as Western Palm Squirrel, Ebian's Palm Squirrel, Temminck's Giant Squirrel.

Distribution :

Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, SW Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, W Gabon, and NW Republic of the Congo.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5545

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1853. Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835876

Original name as described

Sciurus ebii

Other common names

Western Palm Squirrel · Ebian's Palm Squirrel · Temminck's Giant Squirrel

Type material

RMNH.MAM.19626

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19626.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19626.b

Type locality

Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Ghana · Guinea · Liberia · Republic of the Congo · Sierra Leone

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001802

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: 10 names and synonyms.

Sciurus ebii

Temminck, 1853

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ebii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.19626

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Vit dans les grandes forêts de la Gainé, et se trouve dans les mêmes localités que l'espèce précédente, mais parait être moins abondante dans les parties boisées de Dabocrom.

Type locality

Ghana.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19626.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19626.b

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835876

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Huet (1880:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36856714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68672)

Sciurus Wilsoni

Du Chaillu, 1861

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

wilsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1867.9.5.12, ANSP 12303, ZMB (no number given)

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

It is found in the mountainous country situated on the head waters of the Ovenga River, and lives among the trees.

Type locality

Equatorial Guinea: Bioko.

Authority page

364

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249924

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Funisciurus ebii:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ebii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

305

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423186

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Funisciurus wilsoni:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

wilsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

305

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423186

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Epixerus ebii:

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ebii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

472

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071845

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1909:472, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16530)
Allen (1939:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Kuhn (1964:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44674477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73108)
Corbet & Hill (1980:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Happold (2013:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7899) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7899/22245089) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Epixerus wilsoni:

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

wilsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

472

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071845

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1909:472, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16530)
Allen (1939:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Moore (1959:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)

Epixerus ebii jonesi

Hayman, 1954

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

jonesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1952.34

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

on the north side of Bintamane Mountain (in high forest at 3, 400 feet), N.E. Sierra Leone, about 9° 14' N., 11°10' W.

Type locality

Sierra Leone: 9°14′N, 11°10′W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30a34341-77cd-453e-89d0-c7b7decbce83

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Kuhn (1964:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44674477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73108)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Epixerus wilsoni mayumbicus

W. N. Verheyen, 1959

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mayumbicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 16060

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo: 4°45′S, 12°59′E.

Authority page

302

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

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

Epixerus ebii ebii:

H.-J. Kuhn, 1964

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ebii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44674477

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

Kuhn (1964:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44674477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73108)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Epixerus ebii wilsoni:

H.-J. Kuhn, 1964

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

wilsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44674479

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

Kuhn (1964:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44674479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73108)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

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