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Sciurus
The genus Sciurus ( or ) contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 29 known species
Neosciurus
subgenusNeosciurus
Fox Squirrels and Allies
subgenusParasciurus
Palearctic Tree Squirrels
subgenusSciurus
Central American Tree Squirrels
subgenusEchinosciurus
Western Gray Squirrels and Abert's Squirrels
subgenusHesperosciurus
Red-tailed Squirrel
speciesSciurus granatensis
Eastern South American Tree Squirrels
subgenusGuerlinguetus
Guayaquil Squirrels
subgenusSimosciurus
Western South American Tree Squirrels
subgenusHadrosciurus
Andean Tree Squirrels
subgenusLeptosciurus
Richmond's Squirrel
speciesSciurus richmondi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.237
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.234
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.228
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.231
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.541
The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.232
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.142
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.631
Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals
Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.618
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 2) (1777)
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.6
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 2) (1777)
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.9
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 2) (1777)
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.15
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45994.