Sciurus (Sciurus) niger Linnaeus 1758

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Sciurus (Sciurus) niger Linnaeus 1758

Sciurus (Sciurus) niger Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 64 .

Type Locality: "in America septentrionalis." Restricted by Thomas (1911 a:149) to S South Carolina ( USA) .

Vernacular Names: Eastern Fox Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. niger Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. avicinnia A H. Howell 1919

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. bachmani Lowery and Davis 1942

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. cinereus Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. limitis Baird 1855

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. ludovicianus Custis 1806

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. rufiventer E. Geoffroy 1803

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. shermani Moore 1956

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. subauratus Bachman 1839

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) niger subsp. vulpinus Gmelin 1788

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

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as S. n. cinereus ; nonessential experimental population in Sussex Co., Delaware ( USA); IUCN – Data Deficient as S. n. vulpinus, Lower Risk (conservation dependent) as S. n. avicinnia and S. n. cinereus , Lower Risk (nt) as S. n. shermani, otherwise Lower Risk (lc) as S. niger .

Discussion: Subgenus Sciurus ( Hall, 1981:427) . Reviewed by Koprowski (1994 a, Mammalian Species No. 479).