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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Marmotini
GENUS Sciurotamias
| Author: | Miller, 1901. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 14: 23. | | Type Species: | Sciurus davidianus Milne-Edwards, 1867. | | Comments: | Includes Rupestes and Sciurotamias as subgenera; reviewed by Moore and Tate (1965). S. davidianus has a penile duct and Cowper's glands, and its glans and baculum are similar to those of Ratufa; therefore, Callahan and Davis (1982) removed this taxon from the Tamiasciurini (Moore, 1959:182) or Tamiini (Gromov et al., 1965:124) and tentatively referred it to Ratufini. Molecular studies now support its placement in Tamiini (Steppan et al., 2004), as does morphology (Thorington et al., 1998). |
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