Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: M. D. Bryant. 1945. Phylogeny of Nearctic Sciuridae. American Midland Naturalist 33(2):257-390
Belongs to Sciurus according to M. D. Bryant 1945
See also Black 1963 and James 1963
Sister taxa: 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 vittatus, Sciurus vortmani, Sciurus vulgaris
Type specimen: UCMP 34550, a mandible (A part of a left mandibular ramus extending from the level of the anterior margin of M1 to the base of the vertical ramus, lower molar teeth well preserved)
Ecology: arboreal granivore-frugivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sciurus venturus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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