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--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
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--> GENUS Heliosciurus
SPECIES Heliosciurus undulatus
| Author: | True, 1892. | | Citation: | Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 15: 465. | | Common Name: | Zanj Sun Squirrel | | Type Locality: | Tanzania, Mt. Kilimanjaro. "Male. Mount Kilima-Njaro, June 12, 1888. 6,000 feet (1800 m). Female. Kahé, south of Mount Kilima-Njaro, September 6, 1888." | | Distribution: | SE Kenya; NE Tanzania, including Mafia and Zanzibar Isls. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Considered a subspecies of H. rufobrachium by Amtmann (1975), but treated as a separate monotypic species by Grubb (1982b). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
daucinus Thomas, 1909
dolosus Thomas, 1909
marwitzi Müller, 1911
shindi (Heller, 1914)
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