Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to Cuvier 1825
See also Gray 1825, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Skwara 1986
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Arctomyoides, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Miosciurus, Miospermophilus, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Paenemarmota, Palaearctomys, Palaeosciurus, Parapaenemarmota, Paratamias, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protosciurus, Protospermophilus, Protoxerini, Pteromyinae, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: Sciuropterus gaudryi Sciuropterus jourdani Sciuropterus russicus
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Maryland collection)
• Miocene of France (2), Switzerland (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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