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Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciurus carolinensis was named by Gmelin (1788). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. anomalus, S. warthae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin
1902Sciurus carolinensis Hay p. 719
1967Sciurus carolinensis Wilson p. 208
1980Sciurus carolinensis Kurten and Anderson p. 221

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeSciurini
genusSciurus
speciescarolinensisGmelin 1788

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 [eastern gray squirrel]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-12 18:15:16
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:54:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Sciurus sp. (20384)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Sciurus carolinensis (74240)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Sciurus carolinensis (126660)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Virginia) Sciurus carolinensis (20388)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis (20289 20308 20350)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis (195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis (154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Sciurus carolinensis (200485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sciurus carolinensis (20586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Sciurus carolinensis (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Sciurus carolinensis (124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis (20572 20573 20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Sciurus carolinensis (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sciurus carolinensis (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis (154722)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Sciurus carolinensis (104675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Sciurus carolinensis (195062 195065 195066 195067 195069)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Sciurus carolinensis (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Sciurus carolinensis (221863)