Douglas's Squirrel
Tamiasciurus douglasii (Bachman, 1839)
Also calledDouglas egern (dan) · Douglas-Hörnchen (deu) · Douglas-mókus (hun) · Douglaseekhoorn (nld) · Douglasekorn (nob) · Douglashörnchen (deu) · Esquilo-de-Douglas (por) · Wiewiórka czikari (pol) · ardilla de Douglas (spa) · lännenpunaorava (fin) · sosnowiórka szara (pol) · écureuil de Douglas (fra) · čikarí Douglasův (ces) · Σκίουρος του Douglas (ell)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1838 p.99
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
COMMENTS: Formerly included mearnsi; see Lindsay (1981). Hall (1981: 466) suggested that douglasii might be conspecific with hudsonicus, but Lindsay (1982) showed that apparent hybrids were probably due to character convergence.
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Coast and Cascade ranges and Sierra Nevada of SW British Columbia (not Vancouver Isl) (Canada) to S California (USA).
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: " Shores of Columbia River " Restricted by Allen (1898: 284) to mouth of Columbia River, [Clatsop Co., Oregon, USA].
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
discussion
COMMENT: Formerly included mearnsi; see Lindsay, 1981, J. Mammal., 62: 673 - 682.
Order Rodentia (Part 1)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437281.