Paraxerus flavovittis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1852)

Striped Bush Squirrel

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Location:Tanzania, Ruvuma Region, Tunduru District, Kiuma College of Health and Allied SciencesDate taken:26 June 2021

Distribution :

S Kenya, Tanzania, N Mozambique.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6254

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1852-11-25. Hr. Peters legte einige neue Säugethiere und Flussfische aus Mossambique vor. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852:273-276.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054834

Original name as described

Sciurus flavovittis

Type locality

Coast of Mocimboa, NE Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001824

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: 13 names and synonyms.

Sciurus flavivittis:

W. C. H. Peters, 1852

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

flavivittis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

128

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Peters (1852:128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61421)
Giebel (1855:659, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548850) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Kirk (1865:653, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36804)
Murray (1866:353, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Huet (1880:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36856704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68672)

Sciurus flavovittis

W. C. H. Peters, 1852

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

flavovittis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Africa orientalis, Mossimboa, Quitangonha, a 11° ad 15° Lat. Austr.

Type locality

Mozambique.

Authority page

274

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054834

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Funisciurus flavivittis:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

flavivittis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423184

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Paraxerus flavivittis mossambicus

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mossambicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Lumbo—a place on the mainland opposite the island of Mozambique, in Portuguese East Africa

Type locality

Mozambique.

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18615799

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:301, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Paraxerus flavivittis exgeanus

Hinton, 1920

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

exgeanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.4.14.3

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Kilwa Kisiwani, ex-German East Africa

Type locality

Tanzania.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f407105d-db5b-4670-9f79-06b516699b87

Authority page

311

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18637080

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Paraxerus flavivittis ibeanus

Hinton, 1920

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ibeanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1880.11.30.6

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mombasa, British East Africa

Type locality

Kenya: 4°3′2″S, 39°40′2″E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/932af154-fd48-4bd2-aec7-ff7e4793c953

Authority page

312

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18637081

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Paraxerus flavivittis:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

flavivittis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782161

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Paraxerus flavivittis flavivittis:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

flavivittis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782161

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Paraxerus flavovittis:

R. S. Hoffmann, C. G. Anderson, Thorington, & Heaney, 1993

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

flavovittis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

435

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Happold (2013:80) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16207/115131995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Paraxerus flavovittis exgeanus:

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

exgeanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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