Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus Gmelin 1778

Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus Gmelin 1778, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., Vol. 1: 148.

Type Locality: "without exact indication of locality" (Ognev, 1966:368). Restricted by Güldenstadt (1785, see Ognev, 1940:423) to Sabeka, 25 km SW of Kutais, Georgia.

Vernacular Names: Caucasian Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus subsp. anomalus Gmelin 1778

Subspecies Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus subsp. pallescens Gray 1867

Subspecies Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus subsp. syriacus Ehrenberg 1828

Distribution: Turkey, Transcaucasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia), N and W Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq. Newly reported from Lesbos Isl, Greece (Hecht-Markou, 1995).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Tenes (Corbet, 1978 c:76) . Reviewed by Harrison and Bates (1991).