Authority citation

Revista Ital. Sci. Nat. Siena, 27: 45

Original name as described

Sciurus meridionalis

Other common names

Calabrian Red Squirrel

Type material

MF 11481

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Petilia Policastro (39° 07' 39.97 N, 16° 41' 26.27 E), 1552 m, Cerigliana (Sila Massif), Crotone Province, Calabria, Italy.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Italy

Taxonomy notes

split from S. vulgaris based on morphology and genetic data; under a new proposed taxonomic arrangement for Sciurini, S. meridionalis (along with S. vulgaris, S. anomalus, and S. lis) would be the only representatives of the genus Sciurus; this arrangement is tentatively not followed here pending further investigation

Taxonomy notes citation

Wauters, L. A., Amori, G., Aloise, G., Gippoliti, S., Agnelli, P., Galimberti, A., ... & Martinoli, A. (2017). New endemic mammal species for Europe: Sciurus meridionalis (Rodentia, Sciuridae). Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 28(1). · Liu, Z., Li, B., Ma, J., Zheng, D., & Xu, Y. (2014). Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in China: implications for the species' postglacial expansion history. Mammalian Biology, 79(4), 247-253. · Grill, A., Amori, G., Aloise, G., Lisi, I., Tosi, G., Wauters, L. A., & Randi, E. (2009). Molecular phylogeography of European Sciurus vulgaris: refuge within refugia?. Molecular Ecology, 18(12), 2687-2699. · de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Museomics of tree squirrels: A dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 20, 1-77. · de Abreu-Jr, E. F., Pavan, S. E., Tsuchiya, M. T., Wilson, D. E., Percequillo, A. R., & Maldonado, J. E. (2020). Spatiotemporal diversification of tree squirrels: is the South American invasion and speciation really that recent and fast?. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 230.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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