Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

(Erxleben, 1777)

North American Red Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Tribe : Sciurini
Genus : Tamiasciurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Leipzig, 636 pp.

Original name as described

Sciurus hudsonicus

Other common names

Pine Squirrel

Type locality

"ad fretum Hudsonis." Restricted by A. H. Howell in 1936 to the mouth of Severn River, Hudson Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(WV,NM,NC,NJ,DE,OH,PA,ME,AZ,IN,VT,MD,WI,UT,ND,WY,IL,RI,VA,CO,MN,CT,GA,KY,AK,DC,NH,OR,MA,IA,SC,WA,ID,NY,SD,MI,MT,TN)

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. fremonti

Taxonomy notes citation

Hope, A.G., Malaney, J.L., Bell, K.C., Salazar-Miralles, F., Chavez, A.S., Barber, B.R., Cook, J.A. 2016. Revision of widespread red squirrels (genus: Tamiasciurus) highlights the complexity of speciation within North American forests. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 170-182.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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