Sciuridae

Sciurus carolinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha Superfamilia: Sciuroidea

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamiliae (5 + †2): †Aepyosciurinae – †Cedromurinae – Nannosciurinae – Ratufinae – Sciurillinae – Sciurinae – Xerinae

Name

Sciuridae Batsch, 1788

• Type genus: Sciurus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymy

• Sciurina Batsch, 1788:115 [original spelling]
• Sciuriorum Fischer, 1814:vi, 29
• Sciurini Fischer, 1817:372
• Sciuridae Gray, 1821:304

References

Primary references

• Batsch, A.J.G.C. 1788. Versuch einer Anleitung zur Kenntniss und Geschichte der Thiere und Mineralien. Erster Theil. Allgemeine Geschichte der Natur; besondre der Säugthiere, Vögel, Amphibien und Fische. Jena: Akademischen Buchandlung, 528 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.79854.

Additional references

• Fischer, G. 1814. Zoognosia tabulis synopticis illustrata, in usum praelectionum Academiae Imperialis Medico-Chirurgicae Mosquensis edita. Editio Tertia. Volumen Tertium. Quadrupedum reliquorum, cetorum et montrymatum descriptionem continens. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky: Mosquae [=Moscow]. xxiv + 732 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Fischer, G. 1817. Adversaria zoologica. Fascicule I. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 5: 357–446. BHL. 1 De nexu corporum naturalium in universum. pp. 357–367. 2 De systemate Mammalium. pp. 368–391. 3 De mammalium generibus. pp. 391–446. Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  
• Hoffmann, R.S., Anderson, C.G., Thorington Jr., R.W. & Heaney, L.R. 1993. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 419–465 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page. 
• Thorington Jr., R.W. & Hoffmann, R.S. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754–818 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Dubois, A. & Bour, R. 2010. The distinction between family-series and class-series nomina in zoological nomenclature, with emphasis on the nomina created by Batsch (1788, 1789) and on the higher nomenclature of turtles. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (2): 149–171.
• Jackson, S.M. & Thorington, R. 2012. Gliding mammals: Taxonomy of living and extinct species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 638: 1–117. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.638.1 PDF Reference page. 
• Koprowski, J., Goldstein, Bennett, K. & Pereira, C. 2016. Family Sciuridae (Tree, Flying and Ground Squirrels, Chipmunks, Prairie Dogs and Marmots). Pp. 648–837 in Wilson, D.E., Lacher Jr., T.E. & Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.) . Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 6. Lagomorphs and Rodents I. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-941892-3-4 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Akan: Opro
• беларуская: Вавёркавыя
• বাংলা: কাঠবিড়ালী
• català: Esciúrid
• Tsetsêhestâhese: No'kéeho
• čeština: Veverkovití
• English: Squirrel
• Esperanto: Sciuro
• español: Ardilla
• suomi: Orava
• français: Ecureuil
• Gaeilge: Iora
• հայերեն: Սկյուռներ
• 日本語: リス科
• 한국어: 다람쥐과
• ဘာသာမန်: ပြိပ်၊ ယန်၊ သၞ။
• မြန်မာဘာသာ: ရှဉ့်
• Diné bizaad: Hazéí
• polski: Wiewiórkowate
• slovenščina: Veverica
• ไทย: กระรอก
• Türkçe: Sincapgiller
• 中文: 松鼠科

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