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Tamiasciurus hudsonicus  (Erxleben, 1777)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180166

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): écureuil roux [French]
  
    Red Squirrel [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderSciuromorpha Brandt, 1855 – squirrels  
                                     FamilySciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – squirrels, marmots, chipmunks  
                                        SubfamilySciurinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817  
                                           TribeSciurini Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – Holarctic tree squirrels  
                                              GenusTamiasciurus Trouessart, 1880 – chickarees, Red Squirrels  
                                                 SpeciesTamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben, 1777) – écureuil roux, Red Squirrel  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus abieticola (A. H. Howell, 1929)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus baileyi (J. A. Allen, 1898)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus columbiensis A. H. Howell, 1936  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus dakotensis (J. A. Allen, 1894)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus dixiensis Hardy, 1942  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus fremonti (Audubon and Bachman, 1853)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis (J. A. Allen, 1894) – Mount Graham red squirrel 
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus gymnicus (Bangs, 1899)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus hudsonicus (Erxleben, 1777)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus kenaiensis A. H. Howell, 1936  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus lanuginosus (Bachman, 1839)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus laurentianus Anderson, 1942  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus loquax (Bangs, 1896)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus lychnuchus (Stone and Rehn, 1903)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus minnesota (J. A. Allen, 1899)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus mogollonensis (Mearns, 1890)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus pallescens A. H. Howell, 1942  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus petulans (Osgood, 1900)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus picatus (Swarth, 1921)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus preblei A. H. Howell, 1936  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus regalis A. H. Howell, 1936  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus richardsoni (Bachman, 1839)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus streatori (J. A. Allen, 1898)  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus ungavensis Anderson, 1942  
                                                    Subspecies Tamiasciurus hudsonicus ventorum (J. A. Allen, 1898)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: écureuil roux[French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Robert S. Hoffman / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Sciuridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 754-818   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Red Squirrel [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Thorington, Richard W., Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton  
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Squirrels of the World   
  Page(s): vii + 459   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-4214-0469-9   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Red Squirrel [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Red Squirrel [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Alaska, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: U.S. ESA - Endangered as T. h. grahamensis; IUCN - Critically Endangered as T. h. grahamensis; otherwise Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Includes fremonti; see Hardy (1950). See also douglasii. Reviewed by Steele (1998, Mammalian Species No. 586). Arbogast et al. (2001) found that mitochondrial DNA differed only slightly among the three species of Tamiasciurus  
 

 

    

 
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