Protoxerus stangeri

Protoxerus stangeri (Waterhouse, 1842). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10:202 (footnote). TYPE LOCALITY: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko, "...brought from Fernando Po... ". DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, W Ghana, Togo, S Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rio Muni, Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), Gabon, E Congo, N Angola, S Central African Republic, S Sudan, Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, W Kenya, N Tanzania. SYNONYMS: bea Heller, 1912; calliurus (Peters, 1874); caniceps (Temminck, 1853); centricola (Thomas, 1906); cooperi Kingdon, 1971; dissonus Thomas, 1923; eborivorus (Du Chaillu, 1860); kabobo Verheyen, 1960; kwango Verheyen, 1960; loandae (Thomas, 1906); moerens Thomas, 1923; nigeriae (Thomas, 1906); nordhoffi (Du Chaillu, 1860); notabilis Thomas, 1923; personatus Kershaw, 1923; signatus Thomas, 1910; subalbidus (Du Chaillu, 1860); temminckii (Anderson, 1879); torrentium Thomas, 1923. COMMENTS: Subgenus Protoxerus.Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 436, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735313