Sciurotamias Miller 1901

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 803

Sciurotamias Miller 1901

Sciurotamias Miller 1901 , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 14: 23.

Type Species: Sciurus davidianus Milne-Edwards 1867

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 2 subspecies in 2 subgenera:

Subgenus Sciurotamias (Sciurotamias) Miller 1901

Subgenus Sciurotamias (Rupestes) Thomas 1922

Species Sciurotamias (Sciurotamias) davidianus ( Milne-Edwards 1867)

Subspecies Sciurotamias (Sciurotamias) davidianus subsp. davidianus Milne-Edwards 1867

Subspecies Sciurotamias (Sciurotamias) davidianus subsp. consobrinus Milne-Edwards 1868

Species Sciurotamias (Rupestes) forresti Thomas 1922

Discussion: Includes Rupestes and Sciurotamias as subgenera; reviewed by Moore and Tate (1965). S. davidianus has a penile duct and Cowper's glands, and its glans and baculum are similar to those of Ratufa ; therefore, Callahan and Davis (1982) removed this taxon from the Tamiasciurini ( Moore, 1959:182) or Tamiini ( Gromov et al., 1965:124) and tentatively referred it to Ratufini . Molecular studies now support its placement in Tamiini ( Steppan et al., 2004), as does morphology ( Thorington et al., 1998).