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Caucasian Squirrel
Sciurus anomalus Gmelin, 1778

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Sciuridae - squirrels »  genus Sciurus - True Squirrels

Scientific synonyms

Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus Gmelin, 1778
Sciurus persicus

Other names

= Golden Squirrel
= Persian Squirrel

Least Concern LC

Images

Sciurus anomalus - Caucasian Squirrel

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Sciurus anomalus - Caucasian Squirrel

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Sciurus anomalus syriacus - Syrian Squirrel

Sciurus anomalus syriacus - Syrian Squirrel

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Sciurus anomalus syriacus - Syrian Squirrel

Sciurus anomalus syriacus - Syrian Squirrel

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Distribution

three subspecies are recognised:
S. a. anomalus - Turkey and the Caucasus
S. a. pallescens - Zagros Mountains, from south-eastern Turkey to Iran
S. a. syriacus - Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and Jordan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_squirrel

Included taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Sciurus anomalus anomalus Gmelin, 1778 - Caucasian Squirrel
subspecies Sciurus anomalus pallescens Gray, 1867 - Iranian Squirrel
subspecies Sciurus anomalus syriacus Ehrenberg, 1828 - Syrian Squirrel

Sciurus anomalus syriacus


Links and literature

EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Sciurus anomalus Gmelin, 1778]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Sciurus anomalus Guldenstaedt, 1785]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Sciurus anomalus Gmelin, 1778]

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