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--> GENUS Sundasciurus
--> SUBGENUS Aletesciurus
SPECIES Sundasciurus (Aletesciurus) moellendorffi
Author: | Matschie, 1898. | Citation: | Sitzb. Gesell. Naturf. Fr., Berlin, 5: 41. | Common Name: | Culion Tree Squirrel | Type Locality: | "Calamianes....von Culion" [Calamian Isls, Philippines]. | Distribution: | Calamian Isls other than Busuanga. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Subgenus Aletesciurus. The form albicauda was listed as a distinct species by Corbet and Hill (1980:132) without comment, but included in mollendorffi by Corbet and Hill (1986:149), as was hoogstraali (in Corbet and Hill, 1991:140) without comment. Spelling of name changed in accordance with Art. 32.5.2.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
albicauda (Matschie, 1898)
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