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Sciurus granatensis  Humboldt, 1811
Taxonomic Serial No.: 632427

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Red-tailed 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  
                                              GenusSciurus Linnaeus, 1758 – tree squirrels  
                                                 SubgenusSciurus (Guerlinguetus) Gray, 1821  
                                                    SpeciesSciurus granatensis Humboldt, 1811 – Red-tailed Squirrel  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis agricolae Hershkovitz, 1947  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis bondae J. A. Allen, 1899  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis candelensis (J. A. Allen, 1914)  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis carchensis Harris and Hershkovitz, 1938  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis chapmani J. A. Allen, 1899  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis chiriquensis Bangs, 1902  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis chrysuros Pucheran, 1845  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis ferminae (Cabrera, 1917)  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis gerrardi Gray, 1861  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis granatensis Humboldt, 1811  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis griseimembra (J. A. Allen, 1914)  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis griseogena (Gray, 1867)  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis hoffmanni Peters, 1863  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis imbaburae Harris and Hershkovitz, 1938  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis llanensis Mondolfi and Boher, 1984  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis manavi (J. A. Allen, 1914)  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis maracaibensis Hershkovitz, 1947  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis meridensis Thomas, 1901  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis morulus Bangs, 1900  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis nesaeus G. M. Allen, 1902  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis norosiensis Hershkovitz, 1947  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis perijae Hershkovitz, 1947  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis quindianus (J. A. Allen, 1914)  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis saltuensis Bangs, 1898  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis soederstroemi Stone, 1914  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis splendidus Gray, 1842  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis sumaco (Cabrera, 1917)  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis tarrae Hershkovitz, 1947  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis valdiviae (J. A. Allen, 1915)  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis variabilis I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis versicolor Thomas, 1900  
                                                       Subspecies Sciurus granatensis zuliae Osgood, 1910  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard W. Thorington, Jr.  
  Notes: Curator of Mammals, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 108, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA   
  Reference for: Sciurus granatensis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
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  Notes:    
  Reference for:    
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Sciurus granatensis, Red-tailed 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: Sciurus granatensis, Red-tailed 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: Sciurus granatensis   
       
  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: Sciurus granatensis, Red-tailed Squirrel [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Subgenus Guerlinguetus; see Hall (1981:436) and Nitikman (1985, Mammalian Species, 246). Subspecies recognized according to Cabrera (1961)  
 

 

    

 
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