Published December 31, 2005 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Callosciurus Gray 1867

Description

Callosciurus Gray 1867

Callosciurus Gray 1867, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, 20: 277.

Type Species: Sciurus rafflesii Vigors and Horsfield 1828

Synonyms: Baginia Gray 1867; Erythrosciurus Gray 1867; Hessonoglyphotes Moore 1959; Heterosciurus Trouessart 1880; Tomeutes Thomas 1915.

Species and subspecies: 15 species with 75 subspecies:

Species Callosciurus adamsi Kloss 1921

Species Callosciurus albescens Bonhote 1901

Species Callosciurus baluensis Bonhote 1901

Species Callosciurus caniceps (Gray 1842)

Subspecies Callosciurus caniceps subsp. caniceps Gray 1842

Subspecies Callosciurus caniceps subsp. adangensis Miller 1903

Subspecies Callosciurus caniceps subsp. bimaculatus Temminck 1853

Subspecies Callosciurus caniceps subsp. casensis Miller 1903

Subspecies Callosciurus caniceps subsp. concolor Blyth 1856

Subspecies Callosciurus caniceps subsp. domelicus Miller 1903

Species Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas 1779)

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. erythraeus Pallas 1779

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. atrodorsalis Gray 1942

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. bartoni Thomas 1914

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. bhutanensis Bonhote 1901

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. bonhotei Robinson and Wroughton 1911

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. castaneoventris Gray 1842

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. erythrogaster Blyth 1842

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. flavimanus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1831

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. gloveri Thomas 1921

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. gordoni Anderson 1871

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. griseimanus Milne-Edwards 1867

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. harringtoni Thomas 1905

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. hendeei Osgood 1932

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. hyperythrus Blyth 1855

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. intermedius Anderson 1879

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. michianus Robinson and Wroughton 1911

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. ningpoensis Bonhote 1901

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. pranis Kloss 1916

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. rubeculus Miller 1903

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. shanicus Ryley 1914

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. siamensis Gray 1860

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. sladeni Anderson 1871

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. styani Thomas 1894

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. thai Kloss 1917

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. thaiwanensis Bonhote 1901

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. zimmeensis Robinson and Wroughton 1916

Species Callosciurus finlaysonii (Horsfield 1823)

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. finlaysonii Horsfield 1823

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. albivexilli Kloss 1916

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. folletti Kloss 1915

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. frandseni Kloss 1916

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. germaini Milne-Edwards 1867

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. harmandi Milne-Edwards 1877

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. trotteri Kloss 1916

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. annellatus Thomas 1929

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. bocourti Milne-Edwards 1867

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. boonsongi Moore and Tate 1965

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. cinnamomeus Temminck 1853

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. ferrugineus F. Cuvier 1829

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. menamicus Thomas 1929

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. nox Wroughton 1908

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. sinistralis Wroughton 1908

Subspecies Callosciurus finlaysonii subsp. williamsoni Robinson and Kloss 1922

Species Callosciurus inornatus Gray 1867

Species Callosciurus melanogaster Thomas 1895

Subspecies Callosciurus melanogaster subsp. melanogaster Thomas 1895

Subspecies Callosciurus melanogaster subsp. atratus Miller 1903

Subspecies Callosciurus melanogaster subsp. mentawi Chasen and Kloss 1927

Species Callosciurus nigrovittatus (Horsfield 1823)

Subspecies Callosciurus nigrovittatus subsp. nigrovittatus Horsfield 1823

Subspecies Callosciurus nigrovittatus subsp. bilimitatus Miller 1903

Subspecies Callosciurus nigrovittatus subsp. bocki Robinson and Wroughton 1911

Subspecies Callosciurus nigrovittatus subsp. klossi Miller 1900

Species Callosciurus notatus (Boddaert 1785)

Subspecies Callosciurus notatus subsp. notatus Boddaert 1785

Subspecies Callosciurus notatus subsp. diardii Jentink 1879

Subspecies Callosciurus notatus subsp. vittatus Raffles 1821

Subspecies Callosciurus notatus subsp. suffusus Bonhote 1901

Subspecies Callosciurus notatus subsp. miniatus Miller 1900

Species Callosciurus orestes Thomas 1895

Species Callosciurus phayrei (Blyth 1856)

Species Callosciurus prevostii (Desmarest 1822)

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. prevostii Desmarest 1822

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. rafflesii Vigors and Horsfield 1828

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. melanops Miller 1902

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. piceus Peters 1866

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. atricapillus Schlegel 1863

Subspecies Callosciurus prevostii subsp. sarawakensis Gray 1867

Species Callosciurus pygerythrus (I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1833)

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. pygerythrus I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1833

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. blythii Tytler 1854

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. janetta Thomas 1914

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. lokroides Hodgson 1836

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. mearsi Bonhote 1906

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. owensi Thomas and Wroughton 1916

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. stevensi Thomas 1908

Species Callosciurus quinquestriatus Anderson 1871

Subspecies Callosciurus quinquestriatus subsp. quinquestriatus Anderson 1871

Subspecies Callosciurus quinquestriatus subsp. imarius Thomas 1926

Discussion: Tribe Callosciurini according to Moore (1959). Formerly included Sundasciurus and Prosciurillus (in part; see Moore, 1958) and Tamiops (Moore and Tate, 1965). See also Corbet and Hill (1992). Reviewed in part by Chakraborty (1985).

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 775, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

Files

Files (8.8 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:2e3eb00b12a481cf439ad85395868067
8.8 kB Download

System files (51.7 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:b5de4c632ff969eab674e07a73bd7c82
51.7 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gray
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Callosciurus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Callosciurus Gray, 1867 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Moore, J. C. 1959. Relationships among the living squirrels of the Sciurinae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 118 (4): 157 - 206.
  • Thomas, O. 1915. List of mammals (exclusive of Ungulata) collected on the Upper Congo by Dr. Christy for the Congo Museum, Tervueren. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 16: 465 - 481.
  • Kloss, C. B. 1921. Some rats and mice of the Malay Archipelago. Treubia, 2: 115 - 124.
  • Gray, J. E. 1842. Description of two new species of Mammalia discovered in Australia by Captain George Gray (Tarsipes Spenserae and Chaeropus castanotis). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, [ser. 1], 9: 39 - 42.
  • Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammiferes du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles. Zoologie et biologie animale, 7 (5): 375 - 377.
  • Osgood, W. H. 1932. Mammals of the Kelley-Roosevelts and Delacour Asiatic expeditions. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 18: 193 - 339.
  • Anderson, J. 1879. Anatomical and zoological researches in western Yunnan. Quaritch, London, 984 pp.
  • Thomas, O. 1894. On the mammals of Nyasaland: Third contribution. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1894: 136 - 142.
  • Kloss, C. B. 1917. On the mongooses of the Malay peninsula. Journal of the Federation of Malay States Museum, 7 (3): 123 - 125.
  • Thomas, O. 1929. The mammals of Senor Budin's Patagonian expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 10, 4: 35 - 45.
  • Moore, J. C., and G. H. H. Tate. 1965. A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indochinese subregions. Fieldiana: Zoology, 48: 1 - 351.
  • Robinson, H. C., and C. B. Kloss. 1922. New mammals from French Indo-China and Siam. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 9: 87 - 99.
  • Thomas, O. 1895. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals from northern Luzon, collected by Mr. John Whitehead. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 16: 160 - 164.
  • Chasen, F. N., and C. B. Kloss. 1927. Spolia Mentawiensia- - mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1927: 797 - 840.
  • Boddaert, P. 1785. Elenchus animalium, volumen 1: Sistens quadrupedia huc usque nota, erorumque varietates. C. R. Hake, Rotterdam, 174 pp.
  • Raffles, T. S. 1821. Descriptive catalogue of a zoological collection, made on account of the honorable East Indian Company, in the island of Sumatra and its vicinity, under the direction of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Fort Marlborough, with additional notices illurstrative of the natural history. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 13: 239 - 274.
  • Miller, G. S., Jr. 1902. The mammals of the Andaman and Nicobar islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 24: 751 - 795.
  • Peters, W. 1866. Uber neue oder ungengend bekannte Flederthiere (Vampyrops, Uroderma, Chiroderma, Ametrida, Tylostoma, Vespertilio, Vesperugo) und Nager (Tylomys, Lasiomys). Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1867: 392 411, 2 pls.
  • Moore, J. C. 1958. New genera of East Indian squirrels. American Museum Novitates, 1914: 1 - 5.
  • Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp.
  • Chakraborty, S. 1985. Studies on the genus Callosciurus Gray (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publications, Occasional Papers, No. 63: 1 - 93.