Paraxerus poensis

(A. Smith, 1834)

Green Bush Squirrel

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Location:Sierra Leone, Western area, FreetownDate taken:5 April 2017

Distribution :

Sierra Leone, SE Guinea, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, S Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), Republic of Congo, W Dem. Rep. Congo.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5523

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

Smith, A. 1834. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)2(1):113-128.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968244

Original name as described

Sciurus poensis

Type locality

"Bioko, Equatorial Guinea."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001828

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 poensis

A. Smith, 1834

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Fernando Po

Type locality

Equatorial Guinea: Bioko.

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968244

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Gray (1843:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
Huet (1880:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36856715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68672)
Thomas (1909:469, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16530)

Sciurus musculinus

Temminck, 1853

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

musculinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.26407, RMNH.MAM.26408, RMNH.MAM.26409, RMNH.MAM.26410, RMNH.MAM.26411

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Répandu dans toutes les localitées boisées de la Guiné.

Type locality

Ghana.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26407 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26408 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26409.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26409.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26410 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26411

Authority page

142

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835889

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Huet (1880:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36856717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68672)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus subviridescens

Le Conte, 1857

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

subviridescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1069, ANSP 1508

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Western Africa

Type locality

Africa: Middle Africa.

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330275

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Sciurus olivaceus

A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

olivaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Cette espèce provient de la côte occidentale d'Afrique, située entre le cap des Palmes et la côte de Calabar

Type locality

Africa: Western Africa.

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2704408

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

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

Funisciurus poensis:

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

632

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872708

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Miller (1900:632, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17064)
Trouessart (1904:304, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Æthosciurus poensis:

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612441

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1916:271, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19608)
Allen & Coolidge (1930:592, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Hayman (1936:928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:286, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Eisentraut (1963:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)

Aethosciurus poensis musculinus:

G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

musculinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

592

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248230

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

Allen & Coolidge (1930:592, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
Hayman (1936:928) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Æthosciurus poensis poensis:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782147

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:286, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Eisentraut (1963:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)

Æthosciurus poensis subviridescens:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

subviridescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

287

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782148

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Paraxerus poensis:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Happold (2013:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Weber, Wistuba, Astrin & Decher (2019:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/73107)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16211/115132527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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