Sciurus nebouxii
I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1855
White-naped Squirrel
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2051
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Sciuridae |
| Subfamily | : Sciurinae |
| Tribe | : Sciurini |
| Genus | : Sciurus |
| Subgenus | : Simosciurus |
Species status
Authority citation
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1855. Mammifères. Pp. 1–176 in Anonymous. (eds.). Voyage autour du monde sur la fregate La Vénus. Zoologie. Mammifères, oiseaux, reptiles et poissons. Gide et J. Baudry, Paris, 351 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27345059Original name as described
Sciurus Nebouxii
Type material
MNHN:type:308 (= MNHN "451")
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Pérou, à Payta [= Paita], [Piura]."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador · Peru
Taxonomy notes
split from S. stramineus; under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. nebouxii (along with S. stramineus) would be moved to the genus Simosciurus; this arrangement is tentatively not followed here pending further investigation
Taxonomy notes citation
Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and D'Elía, G. 2015. Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1290 pp. a#27628 · Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Pavan, S.E., Tsuchiya, M.T.N., Wilson, D.E., Percequillo, A.R. and Maldonado, J.E. 2020. Museomics of tree squirrels: a dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20(1):77. doi:10.1186/s12862-020-01639-y · Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Pavan, S.E., Tsuchiya, M.T.N., Wilson, D.E., Percequillo, A.R. and Maldonado, J.E. 2020. Spatiotemporal diversification of tree squirrels: Is the South American Invasion and speciation really that recent and fast?. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8(230):1-14. doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00230
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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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: 5 names and synonyms.
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