Heliosciurus undulatus

(F. W. True, 1892)

Zanj Sun Squirrel

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Location:Kenya, Kilifi county (former Coast province) Malindi, Gedi RuinsDate taken:1 January 1972Description:Side view

Distribution :

SE Kenya and NE Tanzania, Zanzibar and Mafia isls.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 261

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

True, F.W. 1892-10-26. An annotated catalogue of the mammals collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in the Kilma-Njaro region. East Africa. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 15(915):445-480.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15737486

Original name as described

Sciurus undulatus

Type material

USNM:MAMM:19005 (= USNM:MAMM:A34731)

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ffb1a119-8d39-419c-b7a5-909a835f9693

Type locality

"Mount Kilima-Njaro [= Mt. Kilimanjaro], " Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001818

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: 9 names and synonyms.

Sciurus undulatus

F. W. True, 1892

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:19005 (= USNM:MAMM:A34731)

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Mount Kilima-Njaro, [...] 6, 000 feet.

Type locality

Tanzania: 3°4′33″S, 37°21′12″E.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ffb1a119-8d39-419c-b7a5-909a835f9693

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15737486

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Heliosciurus undulatus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

302

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423183

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:302, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas (1909:475, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16530)
Thomas (1909:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16295)
Allen & Loveridge (1927:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67782)
Allen (1939:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1991:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Happold (2013:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9835/115095319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Heliosciurus undulatus daucinus

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

daucinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.11.30.3

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mombasa, Brit. E. Africa

Type locality

Kenya: 4°3′2″S, 39°40′2″E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7d7e837a-2da4-4091-befb-25cdadb461d1

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097476

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1909:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16295)
Allen (1939:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Heliosciurus undulatus dolosus

O. Thomas, 1909

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

dolosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.6.19.3

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mafia Island, off coast of German E. Africa

Type locality

Tanzania.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ea195f14-9021-4727-869f-311f862e2c76

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097475

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1909:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16295)
Allen (1939:299, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Heliosciurus undulatus marwitzi

F. Müller, 1911

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

marwitzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

In der folgenden Tabelle gebe ich die Maße der Bälge vom Kilimandscharo aus der Sammlung des Herrn Prof. O. Neumann und die bei Marangu am Ostabhang des Kilimandscharo von Herrn von der Marwitz gesammelten Tiere

Type locality

Tanzania.

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9742441

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Heliosciurus rufobrachiatus shindi

E. Heller, 1914

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

shindi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:182768

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kenya.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c4a69f9f-2181-4411-9b08-5e4bc3ea8142

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816783

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Heller (1914:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38798)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Heliosciurus rufobrachiatus undulatus:

E. Heller, 1914

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816783

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Heller (1914:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38798)

Heliosciurus undulatus undulatus:

G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1927

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

undulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

432

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

Allen & Loveridge (1927:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67782)
Allen (1939:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Heliosciurus undulatus shindi:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

shindi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

299

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782160

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:299, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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