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Sciurus (Sciurus) deppei Peters 1863

Description

Sciurus (Sciurus) deppei Peters 1863

Sciurus (Sciurus) deppei Peters 1863, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1863: 654.

Type Locality: "Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico." (Nelson, 1899 b:101).

Vernacular Names: Deppe's Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) deppei subsp. deppei Peters 1863

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) deppei subsp. matagalpae J. A. Allen 1908

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) deppei subsp. miravallensis Harris 1931

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) deppei subsp. negligens Nelson 1898

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) deppei subsp. vivax Nelson 1901

Distribution: Tamaulipas (Mexico) to Costa Rica.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III (Costa Rica); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sciurus (Hall, 1981:426). Reviewed by Best (1995 c, Mammalian Species No. 505).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 760, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Peters
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Sciurus
Species
deppei
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sciurus (Sciurus) deppei Peters, 1863 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.
  • Allen, J. A. 1908. Mammals from Nicaragua. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 24: 647 - 670.
  • Nelson, E. W. 1898. What is Sciurus variegatus Erxleben? Science, n. s., 8: 897 - 898.
  • 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.
  • Best, T. L. 1995 c. Sciurus deppei. Mammalian Species, 505: 1 - 5.