IRMNG - Heliosciurus Trouessart, 1880

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Heliosciurus Trouessart, 1880

IRMNG_ID

1307130 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1307130)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Sciuridae Gray, 1821

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Species Heliosciurus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835)
Species Heliosciurus mutabilis (Peters, 1852)
Species Heliosciurus punctatus (Temminck, 1853)
Species Heliosciurus rufobrachium (Waterhouse, 1842)
Species Heliosciurus ruwenzorii (Schwann, 1904)
Species Heliosciurus undulatus (True, 1892)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Le Naturaliste, 1, no. 37
page(s): 292 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Includes Allosciurus (replaced Myrsilas Thomas, 1909, which was preoccupied by Myrsilas Stål, 1865 [Hemiptera]) and...

Taxonomic remark Includes Allosciurus (replaced Myrsilas Thomas, 1909, which was preoccupied by Myrsilas Stål, 1865 [Hemiptera]) and Protoxerus as subgenera. Originally a subgenus of Xerus. (Wilson & Reeder, 2005). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Heliosciurus Trouessart, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1307130 on 2025-01-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (8)
Notes (3)

original description Le Naturaliste, 1, no. 37
page(s): 292 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Type species as cited Sciurus gambianus Ogilby, 1835 as designated by Opinion 464 of the International Commission on Zoolo [details]