Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758

Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 419-465 : 442

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Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:64 View Cited Treatment .

TYPE LOCALITY: "in America septentrionalis." Restricted by Thomas (1911«:149) to S South Carolina [ USA].

DISTRIBUTION: Texas ( USA) and adjacent Mexico, north to Manitoba ( Canada) east to the Atlantic Coast.

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as S. n. cinereus ; nonessential experimental population in Sussex Co., Delaware ( USA); IUCN - Endangered as S. n. cinereus .

SYNONYMS: avicinnia A. Howell, 1919; bachmani Lowery and Davis, 1942; bryanti Bailey, 1920; capistratus Bose, 1802; cinereus Linnaeus, 1758 ; limitis Baird, 1855; ludovicianus Custis, 1806 ; macroura Say, 1823 ; magnificaudatus Harlan, 1825; neglectus (Gray, 1867); ruber Rafinesque, 1820; rubicaudatus Audubon and Bachman, 1851; rufiventer E. Geoffroy, 1803; sayii Audubon and Bachman, 1851; shermani Moore, 1956; subauratus Bachman, 1839; texianus Bachman, 1839; vulpinus Gmelin, 1788.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Sciurus ( Hall, 1981:427) .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae
Genus	Sciurus