Authority citation: Peters, W.C.H. 1864. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mitthellung über neue Eichhornarten aus Mexico, Costa Rica und Guiana, so wie über Scalops latimanus Bachmann. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1863:652-656.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43206734
Original name as described: Sciurus Deppei
Nominal names: deppei W. C. H. Peters, 1864 | taeniurus (J. E. Gray, 1867) | tephrogaster (J. E. Gray, 1867) | negligens E. W. Nelson, 1898 | vivax E. W. Nelson, 1901 | matagalpae J. A. Allen, 1908 | miravallensis W. P. Harris, 1931
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Sciuridae -- Subfamily: Sciurinae -- Tribe: Sciurini
Type locality: "Mexico, Papantla, [Veracruz]."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Mexico (MEX) | Guatemala (GTM) | Belize (BLZ) | Honduras (HND) | El Salvador (SLV) | Nicaragua (NIC) | Costa Rica (CRI)
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: Least concern
Species-specific notes: under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. deppei (along with S. colliaei, S. aureogaster, S. yucatanensis, and S. variegatoides) would be moved to the genus Echinosciurus; this arrangement is tentatively not followed here pending further investigation
Citation: Patton, J. L., Pardiñas, U. F., & D'Elía, G. (2015). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents (Vol. 2). University of Chicago Press.|de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Museomics of tree squirrels: A dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20, 1-77.|de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Spatiotemporal diversification of tree squirrels: is the South American invasion and speciation really that recent and fast?. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 230.
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