Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combination: Sciurus striatus
Synonym: Sciurus lysteri Richardson 1829
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Tamias according to N. J. Czaplewski et al. 2002
See also Hall 1981, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Linnaeus 1758, Piaggio and Spicer 2000, Piaggio and Spicer 2001, Thomas 1911 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Tamias aristus, Tamias ateles, Tamias eviensis, Tamias laevidens
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (31: Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)
Total: 34 collections including 35 occurrences
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