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Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (American red squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciurus hudsonicus was named by Erxleben (1777) [named as S. vulgaris hudsonicus, but reference for elevation unavailable]. It is extant. It is the type species of Tamiasciurus.

It was recombined as Tamiasciurus hudsonicus by Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. tenuidens, T. yusheensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Sciurus hudsonicus Erxleben
1839Sciurus douglasii Bachman
1898Tamiasciurus mearnsi Allen
1904Citellus douglasi Furlong p. 54
1920Sciurus tenuidens Hay
1967Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Wilson p. 208
1980Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Kurten and Anderson p. 221
1980Tamiasciurus douglasii Kurten and Anderson p. 222
1981Tamiasciurus mearnsi Lindsay
1993Tamiasciurus mearnsi Wilson and Reeder

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeTamiasciurini
genusTamiasciurusTrouessart 1880
specieshudsonicus(Erxleben 1777)

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.

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 [American red squirrel]
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Invalid names: Sciurus douglasii Bachman 1839 [synonym], Sciurus tenuidens Hay 1920 [synonym], Tamiasciurus mearnsi Allen 1898 [synonym]
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: 2012-05-15 12:58:23
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:58:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (123875 124319 125941)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Sciurus hudsonicus, Sciurus tenuidens (126660)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Sciurus hudsonicus, Sciurus tenuidens, Sciurus tenuidens (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (West Virginia) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (20554)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Tamiasciurus sp. (20477 20559)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Virginia) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (20388)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arkansas) Sciurus hudsonicus (20290)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Sciurus hudsonicus (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Citellus douglasi (74235 93250)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (83951)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (82258 103991 104758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (93332 123868 124198 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (104034 104035)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (162133)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (221970 224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (104040)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (221863)