IRMNG - Sciurus Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 63 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Includes Guerlinguetus, Hesperosciurus, Otosciurus, Sciurus , Tenes, Hadrosciurus and Urosciurus as subgenera. (Wilson &...

Taxonomic remark Includes Guerlinguetus, Hesperosciurus, Otosciurus, Sciurus , Tenes, Hadrosciurus and Urosciurus as subgenera. (Wilson & Reeder, 2005). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Sciurus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363564 on 2025-01-29

Taxonomic edit history

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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 63 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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]

original description (of Tenes Thomas, 1909) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8) 3
page(s): 468 [details]

original description (of Hadrosciurus Allen, 1915) Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 34
page(s): 265 [details]

original description (of Araeosciurus Nelson, 1899) Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 1
page(s): 29 [details]

original description (of Echinosciurus Trouessart, 1880) Le Naturaliste, 1, no. 37
page(s): 292 [details]

original description (of Macroxys Agassiz, 1846) Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris zoologici index universalis. Jent & Gassman. viii + 393 pp. [1847]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details]

original description (of Aphrontis Schulze, 1893) Z. Naturw., 63
page(s): 165 [details]

original description (of Macroschus Gloger, 1841) Gemeinnütz. Naturges., 1
page(s): 89 [details]

original description (of Mesosciurus Allen, 1915) Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 34
page(s): 212 [details]

original description (of Macroxus Cuvier, 1823) Dents des Mamm., 1825, 161, 162 (1823), and 255 (1824). [details]

original description (of Parasciurus Trouessart, 1880) Naturaliste, 2
page(s): 292 [details]

original description (of Leptosciurus Allen, 1915) Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 34
page(s): 199 [details]

original description (of Guerlinguetus Gray, 1821) London Med. Reposit., 15 (88)
page(s): 304 [details]

original description (of Histriosciurus Allen, 1915) Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 34
page(s): 236 [details]

original description (of Simosciurus Allen, 1915) Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 34
page(s): 280 [details]

original description (of Urosciurus Allen, 1915) Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 34
page(s): 267 [details]

original description (of Hesperosciurus Nelson, 1899) Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 1
page(s): 27 [details]

original description (of Otosciurus Nelson, 1899) Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 1
page(s): 28 [details]

original description (of Sciurur Temminck in Siebold, 1844) in Siebold, Fauna Jap., Mamm., 1850
page(s): 44 [details]

original description (of Baiosciurus Nelson, 1899) Proc. Washington Acad. Sci., 1
page(s): 31 [details]

original description (of Oreosciurus Ognev, 1935) Abstr. Works Zool. Inst. Moscow, 2, 4
page(s): 51 [details]

original description (of Neosciurus Trouessart, 1880) Le Naturaliste, 1, no. 37
page(s): 292 [details]

original description (of Sciuras Osborn, 1894) Science, 23, (3) 2
page(s): 122 [details]

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Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark Includes Guerlinguetus, Hesperosciurus, Otosciurus, Sciurus , Tenes, Hadrosciurus and Urosciurus as subgenera. (Wilson & Reeder, 2005). [details]

Type species as cited Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758. [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Tenes Thomas, 1909)
To BioNames database (from synonym Mesosciurus Allen, 1915)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Tenes Thomas, 1909)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Mesosciurus Allen, 1915)