Sciurus meridionalis

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

Sciurus meridionalis Lucifero, 1907: 45

Lectotype: MZUF 11481, adult ♂, mounted skin and skull, collected by Marquis Antonio Lucifero on 24 December 1895. [designated by Wauters et al. (2017: 2)]
Type locality: “la regione calabrese degli Appennini, e sovratutto quella parte che vien detta Sila”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Potilia Policastro (now Petilia Policastro), locality Cerigliana (Sila massif), Crotone province, Calabria, Italy (Lat. 39°7′39.97′′ N; Long. 16°41′26.27′′ E), 1552 m a.s.l” by Wauters et al. (2017: 2).

Lucifero, A. 1907. Mammalia Calabra. Elenco dei mammiferi calabresi. Rivista italiana di scienze naturali 27(5-6): 45–55. BHL Reference page.
Wauters, L.A., Amori, G., Aloise, G., Gippoliti, S., Agnelli, P., Galimberti, A., Casiraghi, M., Preatoni, D. & Martinoli, A. 2017. New endemic mammal species for Europe: Sciurus meridionalis (Rodentia, Sciuridae). Hystrix 28(1): 1–8. DOI: 10.4404/hystrix-28.1-12015 Reference page.