Sciurus
See also: sciurus
Translingual
Etymology
Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”).
Proper noun
Sciurus m
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Sciuromorpha - suborder; Sciuridae - family; Sciurinae - subfamily; Sciurini - tribe; Sciurina - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sciurus vulgaris (red squirrel) - type species;
- Tenes, Sciurus, Hesperosciurus, Otosciurus, Guerlinguetus, Hadrosciurus, Urosciurus - subgenera
- Sciurus aberti (tassel-eared squirrel, Abert's squirrel), Sciurus aestuans (Brazilian squirrel), Sciurus alleni, Sciurus anomalus (Caucasian squirrel, Persian squirrel), Sciurus arizonensis (Arizona gray squirrel), Sciurus aureogaster (Mexican gray squirrel), Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel), Sciurus colliaei, Sciurus deppei, Sciurus flammifer (fiery squirrel), Sciurus gilvigularis (yellow-throated squirrel), Sciurus granatensis (red-tailed squirrel), Sciurus griseus (western gray squirrel), Sciurus ignitus (Bolivian squirrel), Sciurus igniventris (northern Amazon red squirrel, Sciurus lis (Japanese squirrel), Sciurus meridionalis (Calabrian black squirrel), Sciurus nayaritensis (Mexican fox squirrel), Sciurus niger (eastern fox squirrel), Sciurus oculatus (Peters's squirrel), †Sciurus olsoni, Sciurus pucheranii (Andean squirrel), Sciurus pyrrhinus (Junín red squirrel), Sciurus richmondi, Sciurus sanborni, Sciurus spadiceus (southern Amazon red squirrel), Sciurus stramineus (Guayaquil squirrel), Sciurus variegatoides, Sciurus yucatanensis - other species
Derived terms
References
Sciurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sciurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Sciurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Sciurus at the Catalogue of Life
- Sciurus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Sciurus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Sciurus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Sciurus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
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