NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Heliosciurus
  Tribe - Protoxerini
  Subfamily - Xerinae
  Family - Sciuridae
  Suborder - Sciuromorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus gambianus
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus abassensis
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus bongensis
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus canaster
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus dysoni
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus elegans
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus hoogstraali
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus kaffensis
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus lateris
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus limbatus
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus loandicus
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus madogae
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus multicolor
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus omensis
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus rhodesiae
      Subspecies - Heliosciurus gambianus senescens