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Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) steerii

Description

Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) steerii (Günther 1876)

[Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus)] steerii (Günther 1876), Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876: 735.

Type Locality: "Balabac" [Isl, Philippines].

Vernacular Names: Southern Palawan Tree Squirrel.

Distribution: Balabac and S Palawan Isls in lowlands (Philippines).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Aletesciurus. Member of the steerii group, which contains 1-3 species; see Heaney (1979).

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 788, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Günther
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Sundasciurus
Species
steerii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) steerii (Günther, 1876) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Heaney, L. R. 1979. A new species of tree squirrel (Sundasciurus) from Palawan Island, Philippines (Mammalia: Sciuridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 92: 280 - 286.