Pine squirrel
| Pine squirrels Temporal range: MiddlePleistocene- Recent
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| American red squirrel(Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Sciurini |
| Genus: | Tamiasciurus Trouessart,1880 |
| Type species | |
| [Sciurus vulgaris] hudsonicus | |
| Species[1] | |
Pine squirrelsaresquirrelsof thegenusTamiasciurus,in theSciurinitribe,of the largefamilySciuridae.
Species
[edit]This genus includes three species:[2]
- Tamiasciurus douglasii—Douglas squirrel
- T. d. mearnsi—Mearns's squirrel
- Tamiasciurus fremonti—southwestern red squirrel[3]
- T. f. grahamensis—Mount Graham red squirrel
- Tamiasciurus hudsonicus—American red squirrel
All three species are native toNorth America.Pine squirrels can be found in the northern and westernUnited States,most ofCanada,Alaska,and northwesternMexico.
Description
[edit]Pine squirrels,Tamiasciurusspecies, are smalltree squirrelswith bushy tails. Along with members of the genusSciurus,they are members of theSciurini tribe.
The nameTamiasciuruscomes from Greekwiktionary:ταμίαςtamías‘steward, dispenser’ andwiktionary:σκίουροςskíouros'squirrel'.
The American red squirrel should not be confused with the Eurasianred squirrel(Sciurus vulgaris) — both are usually just referred to as the "red squirrel" in their home continents.
Pine squirrels rely on a variety of food sources including fungi, plants, arthropods and tree seed.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Thorington, R.W. Jr; Hoffman, R.S. (2005)."Family Sciuridae".InWilson, D.E.;Reeder, D.M (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
- ^Mammal Diversity Database (2021-08-10),Mammal Diversity Database,doi:10.5281/zenodo.5175993,retrieved2021-09-11
- ^"Tamiasciurus fremonti(Audubon & Bachman, 1853) ".www.mammaldiversity.org.Retrieved2021-09-10.
- ^McKeever, Sturgis (1964). "Food Habits of the Pine Squirrel in Northeastern California".The Journal of Wildlife Management.28(2): 402–404.doi:10.2307/3798105.ISSN0022-541X.JSTOR3798105.
External links
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Media related toTamiasciurus (pine squirrel)at Wikimedia Commons
Data related toTamiasciurusat Wikispecies
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