Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:64.

TYPE LOCALITY: "in America septentrionalis." Restricted by Thomas (1911«:149) to S South Carolina [USA].

DISTRIBUTION: Texas (USA) and adjacent Mexico, north to Manitoba (Canada) east to the Atlantic Coast.

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as S. n. cinereus; nonessential experimental population in Sussex Co., Delaware (USA); IUCN - Endangered as S. n. cinereus .

SYNONYMS: avicinnia A. Howell, 1919; bachmani Lowery and Davis, 1942; bryanti Bailey, 1920; capistratus Bose, 1802; cinereus Linnaeus, 1758; limitis Baird, 1855; ludovicianus Custis, 1806; macroura Say, 1823; magnificaudatus Harlan, 1825; neglectus (Gray, 1867); ruber Rafinesque, 1820; rubicaudatus Audubon and Bachman, 1851; rufiventer E. Geoffroy, 1803; sayii Audubon and Bachman, 1851; shermani Moore, 1956; subauratus Bachman, 1839; texianus Bachman, 1839; vulpinus Gmelin, 1788.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Sciurus (Hall, 1981:427) .