Protoxerus stangeri

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1842)

Forest Giant Squirrel

Also as African Giant Squirrel.
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Location: Central African Republic, Sangha-Mbaéré prefecture, Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Sangha LodgeDate taken: Nov 14, 2011

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3488

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Protoxerini
Genus : Protoxerus
Subgenus : Protoxerus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Waterhouse, G.R. 1842-11-01. Observations on the Rodentia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(64):197-203.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324179

Original name as described

Sciurus Stangeri

Other common names

African Giant Squirrel

Type locality

"Fernando Po, " Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Angola · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · South Sudan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001832

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: 35 names and synonyms.

Sciurus Stangeri

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

stangeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

202 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324179

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Waterhouse (1843:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60438)
  2. Gray (1843:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  3. Giebel (1855:661, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  4. Murray (1866:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Huet (1880:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36856708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68672)
  6. Bocage (1890:1, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39321624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68678)
  7. Matschie (1895:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Sciurus caniceps

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caniceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

RMNH.MAM.26418, RMNH.MAM.26419, RMNH.MAM.26420, RMNH.MAM.26421

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26418.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26418.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26419 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26420 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26421

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835874

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

Sciurus eborivorus

(Du Chaillu, 1861)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

eborivorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1034

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

363

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249923

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Sciurus nordhoffi

(Du Chaillu, 1861)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

nordhoffi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1867.9.5.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/da125ce4-70fe-4cfa-a884-1ea3c2d14ff5

Authority page

363

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249923

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1904:410, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus subalbidus

(Du Chaillu, 1861)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

subalbidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1033

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

365

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9249925

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Name usages

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

Xerus stangeri

(P. L. Sclater, 1872)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

stangeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037843

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Sclater (1872:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037843) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

Sciurus calliurus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1874)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

calliurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB Mam_4696

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

707

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36627077

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1876:476, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17187)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus temminckii

(J. Anderson, 1879)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

RMNH.MAM.26418, RMNH.MAM.26419, RMNH.MAM.26420, RMNH.MAM.26421

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26418.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26418.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26419 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26420 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26421

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34124805

Authority publication

London

Sciurus strungeri

(Rivière, 1886)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

strungeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k215107z/f19.item

Authority publication

Revue scientifique

Name usages

Rivière (1886:16, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k215107z/f19.item) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68746)

Protoxerus stangeri

O. Thomas, 1898

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

stangeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

933

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988174

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:933, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Thomas (1909:472, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16530)
  3. Thomas (1910:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10050)
  4. Pocock (1923:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41936)
  5. Kershaw (1923:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  6. Allen & Coolidge (1930:594, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  7. Hayman (1936:929) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
  8. Allen (1939:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  9. Hill & Carter (1941:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  10. Moore (1959:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  11. Eisentraut (1963:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1980:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  13. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  14. Corbet & Hill (1991:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  15. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  16. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  17. Happold (2013:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  18. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  22. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18386/115143054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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