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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873213Original 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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