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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Sciurinae
--> TRIBE Sciurini
--> GENUS Sciurus
--> SUBGENUS Tenes
SPECIES Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus
| Author: | Gmelin, 1778. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1: 148. | | Common Name: | Caucasian Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "without exact indication of locality" (Ognev, 1966:368). Restricted by Güldenstadt (1785, see Ognev, 1940:423) to Sabeka, 25 km SW of Kutais, Georgia. | | Distribution: | Turkey, Transcaucasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia), N and W Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq. Newly reported from Lesbos Isl, Greece (Hecht-Markou, 1995). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Subgenus Tenes (Corbet, 1978c:76). Reviewed by Harrison and Bates (1991). |
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