Tamiasciurus Trouessart 1880 (squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Parent taxon: Tamiasciurini according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003

See also Alroy 2002, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson 1967

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

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Type: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Ecology: arboreal granivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (5: Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (28: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)

• Pliocene of China (1)

Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences

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