Sciurus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: 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

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Sciurinae
Tribus: Sciurini
Genus: Sciurus
Species: S. aberti – S. aestuans – S. alleni – S. anomalus – S. arizonensis – S. aureogaster – S. brasiliensis – S. carolinensis – S. colliaei – S. deppei – S. flammifer – S. gilvigularis – S. granatensis – S. griseus – S. ignitus – S. igniventris – S. lis – S. meridionalis – S. nayaritensis – S. nebouxii – S. niger – S. oculatus – S. pachecoi – S. pucheranii – S. pyrrhinus – S. richmondi – S. sanborni – S. spadiceus – S. stramineus – S. variegatoides – S. vulgaris – S. yucatanensis – †S. olsoni

Name

Sciurus Linnaeus, 1758: 63 [conserved name]

Type species: Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758, by Linnaean tautonymy.
Gender: masculine.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 91 (1926: 2) and Direction 24 (1955: 221).

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1926. Opinion 91. Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 1–2. BHL Reference page.
International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1955. Direction 24. Completion of the entries relating to the names of certain genera in the class Mammalia made on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C: 219–246. BHL Reference page.

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Eichhörnchen
башҡортса: Тейен
беларуская (тарашкевіца): Вавёркі
беларуская: Вавёркі
български: Катерици
буряад: Хэрмэн
Deutsch: Eichhörnchen
dtd: c̓inip̓uʔ
English: Tree squirrels
eesti: Orav
suomi: Oravat
Nordfriisk: Buumkaater
français: Écureuil
Gaeilge: Iora
עברית: סנאי (סוג)
한국어: 청서속
lietuvių: Voverės
latviešu: Parastās vāveres
монгол: Хэрэм
Nederlands: Boomeekhoorns
polski: Wiewiórka
русский: Белка
саха тыла: Тииҥнэр уустара
svenska: Ekorrar
українська: Вивірка
vepsän kel’: Orav
中文: 松鼠屬