Sciurus (Sciurus) niger Linnaeus 1758

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 762

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Sciurus (Sciurus) niger Linnaeus 1758
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Sciurus (Sciurus) niger Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL

Sciurus (Sciurus) niger Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 64 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "in America septentrionalis." Restricted by Thomas (1911 a:149) to S South Carolina ( USA) .

Vernacular Names: Eastern Fox Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. niger Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. avicinnia A H. Howell 1919

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. bachmani Lowery and Davis 1942

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. cinereus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. limitis Baird 1855

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. ludovicianus Custis 1806

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. rufiventer E. Geoffroy 1803

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. shermani Moore 1956

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. subauratus Bachman 1839

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. vulpinus Gmelin 1788

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

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as S. n. cinereus ; nonessential experimental population in Sussex Co., Delaware ( USA); IUCN – Data Deficient as S. n. vulpinus, Lower Risk (conservation dependent) as S. n. avicinnia and S. n. cinereus , Lower Risk (nt) as S. n. shermani, otherwise Lower Risk (lc) as S. niger .

Discussion: Subgenus Sciurus ( Hall, 1981:427) . Reviewed by Koprowski (1994 a, Mammalian Species No. 479).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Sciurus

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Sciurus (Sciurus) niger Linnaeus 1758

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Sciurus (Sciurus) niger

Linnaeus 1758: 64
1758
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