Sciurus (Sciurus) carolinensis Gmelin 1788

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 : 760

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scientific name	Sciurus (Sciurus) carolinensis Gmelin 1788
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Sciurus (Sciurus) carolinensis Gmelin 1788 , in: Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., Vol. 1: 148.

Type Locality: "Carolina." .

Vernacular Names: Eastern Gray Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) carolinensis subsp. carolinensis Gmelin 1788

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) carolinensis subsp. extimus Bangs 1896

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) carolinensis subsp. fuliginosus Bachman 1839

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) carolinensis subsp. hypophaeus Merriam 1886

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) carolinensis subsp. pennsylvanicus Ord 1815

Distribution: E Texas ( USA) to Saskatchewan ( Canada) and east to Atlantic Coast. Introduced into Britain, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Australia, South Africa, and various localities in W North America.

Discussion: Subgenus Sciurus ( Hall, 1981:417) . Reviewed by Koprowski (1994 b, Mammalian Species No. 480).