Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:64.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., S. South Carolina (probably) .

DISTRIBUTION: Texas (U.S.A.) and adjacent Mexico, north to Manitoba (Canada) east to the Atlantic Coast.

COMMENT: Subgenus Sciurus; see Hall, 1981:427.

PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered as S. n. cinereus subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002030016001.