Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri (Waterhouse 1842)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 797

Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri (Waterhouse 1842)

[Protoxerus (Protoxerus)] stangeri ( Waterhouse 1842) , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 10: 202 (footnote).

Type Locality: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko. "...brought from Fernando Po...".

Vernacular Names: Forest Giant Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. stangeri Waterhouse 1842

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. bea Heller 1912

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. centricola Thomas 1906

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. cooperi Kingdon 1971

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. eborivorus Du Chaillu 1860

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. kabobo Verheyen 1960

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. kwango Verheyen 1960

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. loandae Thomas 1906

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. nigeriae Thomas 1906

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. personatus Kershaw 1923

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. signatus Thomas 1910

Subspecies Protoxerus (Protoxerus) stangeri subsp. temminckii Anderson 1879

Distribution: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, W Ghana, Togo, S Niger , Nigeria, Cameroon, Rio Muni, Bioko ( Equatorial Guinea), Gabon, E Republic of Congo, N Angola, S Central African Republic, S Sudan, Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, W Kenya, N Tanzania.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Protoxerus .