Authority citation: Miller, G.S., Jr. 1903-11-06. Seventy new Malayan Mammals. Smithsonian Collections 45:1-73.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809908
Original name as described: Funambulus obscurus
Nominal names: obscurus (G. S. Miller, 1903) | siberu Chasen & Kloss, 1928 | auroreus Sody, 1949
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Sciuridae -- Subfamily: Callosciurinae -- Tribe: Callosciurini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: USNM:MAMM:121640
Type locality: "South Pagai I, Sumatra," Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Indonesia (IDN)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Near threatened
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