Author: | Schlegel and S. Müller, 1845. |
Citation: | In Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Mammalia, 1(pt. 2): 109 [1843-1845]. |
Common Name: | Pel’s Scaly-tailed Squirrel |
Type Locality: | Ghana, "Daboeram" ( "Daboerom (or Dabocrom), aan de Goudkust" were mis-spellings, see Grubb et al., 1998:184). |
Distribution: | NE Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire to Ghana. |
Status: | CITES – Appendix III (Ghana); IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Not mentioned in Schlitter (1989). |
Comments: | Kuhn (1966:337) considered auzembergeri a distinct subspecies, which was confirmed by A. C. Schunke (in litt.). |
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