Sciurus aureogaster F. Cuvier 1829
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Robert S.
name: Anderson, Charles G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Sciuridae
Sciurus
Sciurus aureogaster

description: <i>Sciurus aureogaster</i> F. Cuvier, 1829. <i>In</i> E. Geoffroy and F. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammifères, pt. 3, 6(59):1 -2 "Ecureuil de la Californie ". TYPE LOCALITY: "California" Restricted by Nelson (18996:38) to Alta Mira, Tamaulipas, Mexico. DISTRIBUTION: SW and C Guatemala to Guanajuato to Nayarit and Nuevo Leon (Mexico). SYNONYMS: <i>affinis</i> Alston, 1878; <i>albipes</i> Wagner, 1837; <i>cervicalis</i> J. Allen, 1890; <i>chiapensis</i> Nelson, 1899; <i>chrysogaster</i> Giebel, 1855; cocos Nelson, 1898; <i>colintensis</i> Nelson, 1898; <i>effugius</i> Nelson, <i>1898; ferruginiventris</i> Audubon and Bachman, 1841; <i>frumentor</i> Nelson, 1898; <i>griseoflavus</i> Gray, 1867; <i>hernandezi</i> Nelson, 1898; <i>hirtus</i> Nelson, 1898; <i>hypopyrrhus</i> Wagler, 1831; <i>hypoxanthus</i> I. Geoffroy, 1855; <i>leucogaster</i> F. Cuvier, 1831; <i>leucops</i> Gray, 1867; <i>littoralis</i> Nelson, 1907; <i>tnaurus</i> Gray, 1867; <i>morio</i> Gray, 1867; <i>mustelinus</i> Audubon and Bachman, 1841; <i>nelsoni</i> Merriam, 1893; <i>nemoralis</i> Nelson, 1898; <i>nigrescens</i> Bennett, 1833; <i>perigrinator</i> Nelson, 1904; <i>poliopus</i> Fitzinger, 1867; <i>quercinus</i> Nelson, 1898; <i>raviventer</i> Lichtenstein, 1830; <i>rufipes</i> Fitzinger, 1867; <i>rufiventris</i> Rovirosa, 1887; <i>senex</i> Nelson, 1904; <i>socialis</i> Wagner, 1837; <i>tepicanus</i> J. Allen, 1906; <i>varius</i> Wagner, 1843; <i>wagneri</i> J. Allen, 1898. COMMENTS: Subgenus <i>Sciurus</i> (Hall, 1981:418). Revised by Musser (1968), who also designated a lectotype and confirmed the type locality restriction (Musser, 1970c). Includes <i>griseoflavus, nelsoni, poliopus,</i> and <i>socialis</i> (Musser, 1968). Introduced to Elliot Key, Dade County, Florida (USA) (Brown and McGuire, 1975).
description: Published as part of <i>Robert S. Hoffmann &amp; Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on page 440, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130
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