Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, Russell A. Mittermeier
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: Lynx Edicions 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Sciuridae; Sciurus; Sciurus vulgaris; lena river; ob river; Sakhalin; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6822965; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/064D0660FFEDED11FA69F477F66FFD1D

76. Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris French: Ecureuil d’Eurasie / German: Eurasisches Eichhérnchen / Spanish: Ardilla roja de Eurasia Taxonomy. Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758, “in Europae arboribus.” Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to Uppsala, Sweden. Twenty-two subspecies are recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. S. v. imlgans Linnaeus, 1758 — S Scandinavia. S. ıı. alpmus Desmaresl, 1822 - Iberian Peninsula, S France, and Italy. S. v. allaıcıu Screbrennikov, 1928 - Altai of E Russia, N Mongolia, and NW China. S. v. anadyrrmzs Ognev, 1929 - Far N Russia across Siberia. S. u. aıctıcus Trouessart, 1906 - Boreal Siberia lo the Lena River (Russia). S. v. balcanıcus Heinrich, 1936 - E Balkan Peninsula. S. v. chiliensis Sowerby, 1921 — E China. S. v. cinerea Hermann, 1804 — C Europe. S. v. dulkeiti Ognev, 1929 — Amur Region of E Siberia to include Shantar Is (Russia). S. v. exalbidus Pallas, 1779 — W Siberia E of the Ob River (Russia). S. v. fedjushini Ognev, 1935 — Belarus, Lith- uania, Latvia, and Estonia. S. v. formosovi Ognev, 1935 — NW Russia. S. v. fusconigricans Dwigubski, 1804 — Mon- golia and China. S. v. leucourus Kerr, 1792 - Great Britain and Ireland. S. u. lilaeus Miller, 1907 - W Balkan Peninsula. S. v. mantchumw Thomas, 1909 - NE China and Korean Peninsula. S. u. manensr Matschie. 1901 - W Siberia to W of the Ob River, Russia. S. v. ogvmıı Migulin, 1928 - W Russia. S. v. mimtıs Thomas, 1906 - Hokkaido 1 (Iapan). S. v. mpalns Thomas, 1907 - Sakhalin (Russia). S. v. ulmımwııs Migulin, 1928 - Ukraine. S. v. vanus Gmelin. 1788 - N Scandinavia. Introduced populations of unknown subspecies were reported for Crimea (Ukraine), E Anatolia (Turkey), the Caucasus (Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan), several parts of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan S of the original native distribution, Japan (Tokyo), and Saint Kitts and Nevis Is in the Caribbean. Descriptive notes. Head-body 206-250 mm,tail 150-205 mm; weight 235-480 g. The Eurasian Red Squirrel has uniformly dark dorsum, with color varying from dark red, ...