Sciurus

Tree squirrels Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Sciurini
Genus:	Sciurus Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenera
Tenes Sciurus Hesperosciurus Otosciurus Guerlinguetus Hadrosciurus Urosciurus

The genus Sciurus contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.^[1]

Species

There are 29 species in the genus:

Genus Sciurus - Tree squirrels

Sciurus granatensis

• Subgenus Sciurus
  • Allen's squirrel, Sciurus alleni
  • Arizona gray squirrel, Sciurus arizonensis
  • Mexican gray squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster
  • Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
  • Collie's squirrel, Sciurus colliaei
  • Deppe's squirrel, Sciurus deppei
  • Japanese squirrel, Sciurus lis
  • Calabrian black squirrel, Sciurus meridionalis
  • Mexican fox squirrel, Sciurus nayaritensis
  • Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger
  • Peters's squirrel, Sciurus oculatus
  • Variegated squirrel, Sciurus variegatoides
  • Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris
  • Yucatan squirrel, Sciurus yucatanensis
• Subgenus Otosciurus
  • Abert's squirrel, Sciurus aberti
• Subgenus Guerlinguetus
  • Brazilian squirrel (Guianan squirrel), Sciurus aestuans
  • Yellow-throated squirrel, Sciurus gilvigularis
  • Red-tailed squirrel, Sciurus granatensis
  • Bolivian squirrel, Sciurus ignitus
  • Atlantic Forest squirrel, Sciurus ingrami
  • Andean squirrel, Sciurus pucheranii
  • Richmond's squirrel, Sciurus richmondi
  • Sanborn's squirrel, Sciurus sanborni
  • Guayaquil squirrel, Sciurus stramineus
• Subgenus Tenes
  • Persian squirrel, Sciurus anomalus
• Subgenus Hadrosciurus
  • Fiery squirrel, Sciurus flammifer
  • Junín red squirrel, Sciurus pyrrhinus
• Subgenus Hesperosciurus
  • Western gray squirrel, Sciurus griseus
• Subgenus Urosciurus
  • Northern Amazon red squirrel, Sciurus igniventris
  • Southern Amazon red squirrel, Sciurus spadiceus

References

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• Andrew Duff and Ann Lawson (2004). Mammals of the World: A checklist. A & C Black. ISBN 071366021X. 
• Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
• Eisenberg, J.F. 1989. "Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 1: The Northern Neotropics: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana". University of Chicago Press.
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