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Sciurini

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciurini is a tribe. It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciuridae by Mercer and Roth (2003) and Emry et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Sciurini Mercer and Roth
2005Sciurini Emry et al. p. 228

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeSciurini
tribeSciurini

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.

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G. Microsciurus Allen 1895 [dwarf squirrel]
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G. †Plesiosciurus Qiu and Liu 1986
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†Plesiosciurus sinensis Qiu and Liu 1986
G. Rheithrosciurus Gray 1867 [Tassle-eared ground squirrel]
G. Sciurus Linnaeus 1758 [squirrel]
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Subg. †Sciurus (Prosciurus) Matthew 1903
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Invalid names: Prosciurus minor Russell 1972 [synonym]
Sciurus aberti Woodhouse 1853
Sciurus alleni Nelson 1898
†Sciurus calycinus Cope 1871
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 [eastern gray squirrel]
†Sciurus giganteus Freudenberg 1941
Sciurus griseus Ord 1818
Sciurus niger Linnaeus 1758 [fox squirrel]
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Invalid names: Sciurus cinereus Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
†Sciurus olsoni Emry et al. 2005
†Sciurus panolius Cope 1869
Sciurus prevostii Desmarest 1822 [Prevost's squirrel]
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Sciurus prevostii harrisoni Stone and Rehn 1902
Sciurus prevostii rafflesii Vigors and Horsfield 1828
†Sciurus siderolithicus Picted and Humbert 1869
†Sciurus spectabilis Major 1873
†Sciurus venturus Bryant 1945
Sciurus vittatus Raffles 1822
†Sciurus vortmani Cope 1879
Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian red squirrel]
Invalid names: Sciurus flavus Linnaeus 1758 [nomen dubium]
G. Syntheosciurus Bangs 1902 [Central American montane squirrel]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:04:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (134 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Plesiarctomys spectabilis (182806)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France Sciurus sp. (183508)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Sciurus sp. (36709)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Sciurus sp. (183361)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia Plesiosciurus sinensis (180971)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Sciurus sp. (182805)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Sciurus giganteus (52566)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia Plesiosciurus sinensis (85060 180965 181064 182089 182138)
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.03 - 11.62France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Sciurus fissurae (36882)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Jiangsu) Plesiosciurus sinensis (13482)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France Sciurus fissurae (200296)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Valencia) Sciurus fissurae (40031)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Sciurus fissurae (36878)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Jiangsu) Sciurus indet. (43400) Sciurus sp. (41813)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Sciurus fissurae (36887)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608China (Nei Mongol) Sciurus sp. (13484)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Sciurus sp. (13483)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Sciurus olsoni (71406)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Sciurus warthae (172912 172915 199859)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain Sciurini indet. (68317)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Soria) Sciurus sp. (40548)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Kozani) Sciurus anomalus (205081)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Sciurus sp. (35354)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) Sciurus warthae (35076)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland Sciurus warthae (32240)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland Sciurus warthae (33396 33872)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Sciurus sp. (199747 205172)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Austria (Lower Austria) Sciurus sp. (167680)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Poland Sciurus warthae (33473 33638)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Italy (Venetia) Sciurus sp. (50895)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece Sciurus anomalus (34589)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Sciurus sp. (20384)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Poland Sciurus sp. (32485)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece Sciurus anomalus (34767)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Verona) Sciurus warthae (51625)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Sciurus vulgaris (77751)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Peloponnisos) Sciurus sp. (34766)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Sciurus vulgaris (35905)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Kalymnos island) Sciurus sp. (34770)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Sciurus sp. (32145 32192 32194 33973 33974 34009)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Czech Republic Sciurus sp. (35907)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129France (Alpes Maritimes) Sciurus sp. (50682)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Sciurus anomalus (225664) Sciurus sp. (39252)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Sciurus carolinensis (74240)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Sciurus carolinensis (126660)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sciurus niger (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Sciurus carolinensus (20555) Sciurus sp. (20554)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Sciurus aberti (20445)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Iowa) Sciurus sp. (20407)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) Sciurus aberti (20509 20510 20513)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Virginia) Sciurus carolinensis (20388)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis (20289 20308 20350) Sciurus sp. (20385)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Sciurus sp. (20477 20559)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Sciurus vulgaris (50260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Sciurus sp. (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Sciurus sp. (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Peloponnesos) Sciurus vulgaris (200081)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Sciurus sp. (49999 50196)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Sciurus vulgaris (35045)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence) Sciurus sp. (48889 48891)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel Sciurus anomalus (192424 192425)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Sciurus vulgaris (78015)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis, Sciurus niger (195112) Sciurus sp. (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sciurus carolinensis (20586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Sciurus carolinensis (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Sciurus vulgaris (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Sciurus carolinensis (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Sciurus sp. (74235 93250)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sciurus carolinensis (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Sciurus carolinensis (200485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Sciurus sp. (93676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sciurus niger (93527)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis, Sciurus niger (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Sciurus carolinensis (124199) Sciurus corolinensis (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) Sciurus sp. (93379)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis (20572 20650) Sciurus sp. (20629) Sciurus sp., Sciurus carolinensis (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis, Sciurus niger (154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sciurus carolinensis (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Sciurus alleni (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Peloponnesus) Sciurus anomalus (184243)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Sciurus sp. (104034 104044 104672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Sciurus sp. (63563 63565 63571)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Sciurus sanborni, Sciurus spadiceus, Sciurus ignitus (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Sciurus granatensis, Microsciurus alfari (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Sciurus carolinensis (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Sciurus gilvigularis (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Sciurus carolinensis (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Sciurus carolinensis (195062 195065 195067 195069) Sciurus carolinensis, Sciurus niger (195066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Sciurus niger (227371)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Sciurus carolinensis (104675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Sciurus granatensis (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia (Java) Sciurus notatus (13738)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Sciurus sp. (63428)