Sciurillus pusillus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel

Also as Pygmy Squirrel.
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Location: Peru, Loreto department, Maynas province, -3.249 -72.909Date taken: Jul 7, 2017

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 5637

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurillinae
Genus : Sciurillus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Privately published, Paris, 272 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/details/bsb10482289

Original name as described

Sciurus pusillus

Other common names

Pygmy Squirrel

Type material

Buffon's specimen

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Cayenne" in French Guiana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Colombia · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001610

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 15 names and synonyms.

Sciurus pusillus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Buffon's specimen

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  2. Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  3. Desmarest (1817:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18038450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60383)
  4. Muirhead (1819:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  5. Ranzani (1820:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  6. Desmarest (1822:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  7. Desmoulins (1824:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48533435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39868)
  8. Schinz (1825:421, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  9. Fischer (1829:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  10. Gray (1843:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  11. Trouessart (1904:329, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Sciurus guianensis

(Goldfuss, 1809)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

guianensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497956

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Sciurus olivascens

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

olivascens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005:759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Macroxus pusillus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

239

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207707

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:239, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Macroxus Kuhlii

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

kuhlii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

433

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22222905

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Sciurus leucotis

(J. E. Gray, 1867)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

leucotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

433

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22222905

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Sciurus kuhli

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

kuhli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

329

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423210

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:329, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Sciurillus pusillus glaucinus

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

glaucinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.4.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1ed86c86-20b3-4faf-a81f-793a34c02f92

Authority page

575

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641334

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1915:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16023)
  2. Tate (1939:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)
  3. Moojen (1942:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69920)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Sciurillus pusillus kuhli

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

kuhli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

575

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641334

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

[Sciurillus] pusillus

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31626178

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1914:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31626178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66742)
  2. Allen (1915:197, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62719518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16023)
  3. Tate (1939:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)
  4. Moojen (1942:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69920)
  5. Husson (1978:380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  10. Voss, Lunde & Simmons (2001:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10101)
  11. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  12. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19997/22256834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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