Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Synonym: Sciurus flavus Linnaeus 1758 [nomen dubium]

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae (Stockholm) 1-823

Parent taxon: Sciurini according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003

Sister taxa: Microsciurus, Rheithrosciurus, Syntheosciurus

Subtaxa: Sciurus aberti, Sciurus alleni, Sciurus arizonensis, Sciurus carolinensis, Sciurus griseus, Sciurus niger, Sciurus olsoni, Sciurus prevostii, Sciurus vittatus, Sciurus vulgaris

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Type: Atlantoxerus getulus

Ecology: arboreal granivore-frugivore