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SPECIES Rubrisciurus rubriventer

Author:Müller and Schlegel, 1844.
Citation:In Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Mammalia: 86 [1844].
Common Name:Sulawesi Giant Squirrel
Type Locality:"Celebes" [Minahassa, NE Sulawesi, Indonesia].
Distribution:N, C, and SE Sulawesi.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Ellerman (1940:375) dated the species description as 1839, and ascribed it to Forsten, who was listed by Müller and Schlegel as the author, but Forsten was the collector, not the author.
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