Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 . Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1:148.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S.A., "Carolina."

DISTRIBUTION: E. Texas (U.S.A.) to Saskatchewan (Canada) and east to Atlantic Coast. Introduced into Britain and various localities in W. North America.

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

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410002030007001.