Heliosciurus punctatus ( Temminck, 1853 )
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https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a27 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17466974 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087E9-9F4D-4704-0FC3-FF55FE5B8705 |
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Plazi |
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Heliosciurus punctatus ( Temminck, 1853 ) |
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Heliosciurus punctatus ( Temminck, 1853) View in CoL
Sciurus punctatus Temminck, 1853: 138 .
REMARKS
The Nimba specimen MNHN-ZM-MO-1983-92 is a juvenile that has short red-brown hair speckled with black and white above. The belly is light grey. The tail is long with a terminal long black tuft and is unicolored in its anterior part and some brown spots arranged in rings become more visible in the posterior part. This specimen is similar to the specimen H. punctatus MNHN-ZM-MO-1970-520 from Seredou ( Roche 1971). The Nimba specimen measurements are relatively small compared to the Coe’s (1975) specimens probably because they are juveniles ( Tables 11 View TABLE ; 12 View TABLE ). According to Monadjem et al. (2015) the GLS skull is between 41.3 and 48 mm with an average of 45 mm. Some variability is observed between the specimens belonging to this species. There is an urgent need for a taxonomic revision.
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Sciurinae |
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Heliosciurus punctatus ( Temminck, 1853 )
| Denys, Christiane, Missoup, Alain Didier, Nicolas, Violaine, Sylla, Morlaye, Douno, Mory, Kadjo, Blaise, Lalis, Aude & Monadjem, Ara 2025 |
Sciurus punctatus
| TEMMINCK C. J. 1853: 138 |