MCZ Mammalogy 5398

Sciurus yucatanensis J. A. Allen, 1877

Syntype of Sciurus carolinensis yucatanensis

Date Collected:

1865-03-01/1865-03-31

North America: Mexico: Yucatan | Merida

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:5398 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Sciurus yucatanensis J. A. Allen, 1877
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae
Common Name(s): Yucatan Squirrel
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Sciurus carolinensis yucatanensis J. A. Allen, 1877
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Sciuridae
Determiner: Joel Asaph Allenlinked data icon on 1877-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID date is year of publication

Allen 1877, page 705, Syntype of Sciurus carolinensis yucatanensis J. A. Allen, 1877
Media type: text; Allen 1877 Description: Sciuridae;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Allen 1877 Description: Sciuridae

  • original number: 228

Part Condition Disposition Count
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: skin; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-11-02   determined by=Nina Black  
whole animal (dry) unknown unknown 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data]
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-12-07

  • None

  • Co-type 8502;

  • None

  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • Mexico
  • State/Province:
  • Yucatan
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005600 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Merida
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Merida, Yucatán
  • Georeference:
  • 20.9785740°, -89.619019° (Error radius: 13009m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2023-08-09 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1865-03-01 / 1865-03-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 1865
  • Collector:
  • A. Schott

  • None

Media type: text; Mammalogy 5379; 5380; 5381; 5382; 5383; 5384; 5385; 5386; 5387; 5388; 5389; 5390; 5391; 5392; 5393; 5395; 5396; 5397; 5398; 5399; 5400; 5376; 5377; 5378; 5394 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 002801-008925, pg.105;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:5379 Tayassu pecari albirostris to MCZ...

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