Sciurus
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| Tree squirrels Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Recent |
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| Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Sciuromorpha |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Sciurinae |
| Tribe: | Sciurini |
| Genus: | Sciurus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The genus Sciurus contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.[1]
Species [edit]
There are 30 species.
Genus Sciurus - Tree squirrels
- Subgenus Sciurus
- Allen's Squirrel, Sciurus alleni
- Arizona Gray Squirrel, Sciurus arizonensis
- Mexican Gray Squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster
- Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
- Collie's Squirrel, Sciurus colliaei
- Deppe's Squirrel, Sciurus deppei
- Japanese Squirrel, Sciurus lis
- Mexican Fox Squirrel, Sciurus nayaritensis
- Eastern Fox Squirrel, Sciurus niger
- Peters's Squirrel, Sciurus oculatus
- Variegated Squirrel, Sciurus variegatoides
- Eurasian Red Squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris
- Yucatan Squirrel, Sciurus yucatanensis
- Subgenus Otosciurus
- Abert's Squirrel, Sciurus aberti
- Subgenus Guerlinguetus
- Brazilian Squirrel (Guianan Squirrel), Sciurus aestuans
- Yellow-throated Squirrel, Sciurus gilvigularis
- Red-tailed Squirrel, Sciurus granatensis
- Bolivian Squirrel, Sciurus ignitus
- Atlantic Forest Squirrel, Sciurus ingrami
- Andean Squirrel, Sciurus pucheranii
- Richmond's Squirrel, Sciurus richmondi
- Sanborn's Squirrel, Sciurus sanborni
- Guayaquil Squirrel, Sciurus stramineus
- Subgenus Tenes
- Persian Squirrel, Sciurus anomalus
- Subgenus Hadrosciurus
- Fiery Squirrel, Sciurus flammifer
- Junín Red Squirrel, Sciurus pyrrhinus
- Subgenus Hesperosciurus
- Western Gray Squirrel, Sciurus griseus
- Subgenus Urosciurus
- Northern Amazon Red Squirrel, Sciurus igniventris
- Southern Amazon Red Squirrel, Sciurus spadiceus
References [edit]
- ^ Thorington, R. W., Jr.; Hoffman, R. S. (2005). "Genus Sciurus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 758–765. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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- Andrew Duff and Ann Lawson (2004). Mammals of the World: A checklist. A & C Black. ISBN 071366021X.
- Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
- Eisenberg, J.F. 1989. "Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 1: The Northern Neotropics: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana". University of Chicago Press.
- Redford, K.H. and Eisenberg, J.F. 1992. "Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 2: The Southern Cone: Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay". University of Chicago Press.
- Eisenberg, J.F. and Redford, K.H. 1999. "Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 3: The Central Neotropics: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil". University of Chicago Press.
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