Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788

Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 419-465 : 440

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scientific name	Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788
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Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 View in CoL . In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1:148.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Carolina."

DISTRIBUTION: E Texas ( USA) to Saskatchewan ( Canada) and east to Atlantic Coast. Introduced into Britain, South Africa, and various localities in W North America.

SYNONYMS: extimus Bangs, 1896; fuliginosus Bachman, 1839; hiemalis Ord, 1815; hypophaeus Merriam, 1886; leucotis Gapper, 1830; matecumbei Bailey, 1937; migratorius Audubon and Bachman, 1849; minutus Bailey, 1937 ; pennsylvanicus Ord, 1815.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Sciurus ( Hall, 1981:417) .