Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:63.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden, Uppsala .

DISTRIBUTION: Forested regions of Palearctic, from Iberia and Great Britain east to Kamchatka Peninsula and Sakhalin Isl. (U.S. S. R.); south to Mediterranean and Black Seas, N. Mongolia and N. E. China.

COMMENT: Subgenus Sciurus; see Hall, 1981:417.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002030024001.