Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 669 meters (0 to 2,195 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Sciuromorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Sciurida
()
- (Carus, 1868) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Family:
Sciuridae
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Sciurinae
()
- Tribe:
Tamiasciurini
()
- Genus:
Tamiasciurus
()
- Trouessart, 1880
- Specific name:
hudsonicus
- Subspecies:
loquax
- Scientific name: - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus loquax
- Subspecies:
loquax
- Specific name:
hudsonicus
- Genus:
Tamiasciurus
(
- Tribe:
Tamiasciurini
(
- Subfamily:
Sciurinae
(
- Family:
Sciuridae
(
- Infraorder:
Sciurida
(
- Suborder:
Sciuromorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Tamiasciurus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. douglasii (Douglas's Squirrel) · T. hudsonicus (American Red Squirrel) · T. hudsonicus dakotensis (Black Hills Red Squirrel) · T. hudsonicus grahamensis (Mount Graham Red Squirrel) · T. hudsonicus hudsonicus (Red Squirrel) · T. hudsonicus picatus (Kupreanof Red Squirrel) · T. mearnsi (Mearns's Squirrel)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Advances in the study of mammalian behavior / edited by John F. Eisenberg and Devra G. Kleiman. [Stillwater, Okla.]: American Society of Mammalogists; 1983. url p. 335.
- Fieldbook of Illinois mammals / Donald F. Hoffmeister, Carl O. Mohr. Urbana: Natural History Survey Division, 1957. url p. 143.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1969 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 272.
- North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url , p. 80, p. 81.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 123, p. 177, p. 193, p. 308, p. 399, p. 588, p. 704.
- The coccidian parasites (Protozoa, Sporozoa) of rodents Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1965. url p. 25.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6466969
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2225523
Footnotes
- Mean = 248.040 meters (813.780 feet), Standard Deviation = 105.430 based on 489 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
