Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 (American red squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Alternative combination: Sciurus hudsonicus

Synonyms: Citellus douglasi Bachman 1839, Sciurus douglasii Bachman 1839, Sciurus tenuidens Hay 1920, Tamiasciurus douglasii Bachman 1839, Tamiasciurus mearnsi Allen 1898

Belongs to Tamiasciurus according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980

See also Arbogast et al. 2001, Furlong 1904, Hall 1981, Wilson 1967 and Wilson and Reeder 1993

Sister taxa: none

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (5: Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (26: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)

Total: 31 collections including 33 occurrences

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