Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Sciurini according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003
See also Emry et al. 2005, Gray 1825, Hay 1902, Illiger 1811, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lambe 1908, Linnaeus 1758, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Microsciurus, Plesiosciurus, Rheithrosciurus, Syntheosciurus
Subtaxa: Sciurus (Prosciurus) Sciurus aberti Sciurus alleni Sciurus arizonensis Sciurus calycinus Sciurus carolinensis Sciurus flavus Sciurus giganteus Sciurus griseus Sciurus niger Sciurus olsoni Sciurus panolius Sciurus prevostii Sciurus siderolithicus Sciurus spectabilis Sciurus venturus Sciurus vittatus Sciurus vortmani Sciurus vulgaris
Ecology: arboreal granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Canada (2: Ontario, Quebec), the Czech Republic (2), France (3), Germany (4), Greece (6), Hungary (2), Indonesia (1), Israel (4), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), Romania (6), the United Kingdom (2), United States (54: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
• Pliocene of Austria (1), Germany (2), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Poland (5), Spain (1)
• Miocene of China (4), France (4), Germany (1), Italy (3), Spain (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (1), Switzerland (1)
• Eocene of Switzerland (1)
Total: 126 collections including 133 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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