Sciurus anomalus Gmelin, 1778 . Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1:148.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Georgia, 25 km S.W. of Kutaisi, Sabeka .

DISTRIBUTION: Turkey; Soviet Transcaucasia; N. and W. Iran; Syria; Israel.

COMMENT: Subgenus Tenes; see Corbet, 1978:76.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002030003001.