Sciurus (Sciurus) aureogaster F. Cuvier 1829
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Sciurus (Sciurus) aureogaster F. Cuvier 1829
Sciurus (Sciurus) aureogaster F. Cuvier 1829, in: E. Geoffroy and F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammiferes, pt. 3, Vol. 6, 59: 1-2 "Ecureuil de la Californie ".
Type Locality: "California" Restricted by Nelson (1899 b:38) to Alta Mira, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Vernacular Names: Red-bellied Squirrel.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) aureogaster subsp. aureogaster F. Cuvier 1829
Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) aureogaster subsp. nigrescens Bennett 1833
Distribution: SW and C Guatemala to Guanajuato to Nayarit and Nuevo Leon (Mexico).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Subgenus Sciurus (Hall, 1981:418). Revised by Musser (1968), who also designated a lectotype and confirmed the type locality restriction (Musser, 1970 c). Includes griseoflavus, nelsoni, poliopus, and socialis (Musser, 1968). Introduced to Elliot Key, Dade County, Florida (USA) (Brown and McGuire, 1975).
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/91C4B717759630DB830679AF52629BE0 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/FBE459F66BBAF2CDD1339D8FBE0A822D (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231538250 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- F. Cuvier
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Sciurus
- Species
- aureogaster
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sciurus (Sciurus) aureogaster Cuvier, 1829 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Nelson, E. W. 1899 b. Revision of the squirrels of Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 1: 15 - 106.
- Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
- Musser, G. G. 1968. A systematic study of the Mexican and Guatemalan gray squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster, F. Cuvier (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 137: 1 - 112.
- Musser, G. G. 1970 c. Identity of the type-specimens of Sciurus aureogaster F. Cuvier and Sciurus nigriscens Bennett (Mammalia, Sciurdae). American Museum Novitates, 2438: 1 - 19.
- Brown, L. N., and R. J. McGuire. 1975. Field ecology of the exotic Mexican red-bellied squirrel in Florida. Journal of Mammalogy, 56: 405 - 419.