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Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758

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Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.63
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Sciuridae
genus
Sciurus
species
Sciurus vulgaris

cuddliness

cuddly

nutrient level

eutrophic

mobility

sedentary

lifespan

shortlived

biome

terrestrial

spine

vertebrate

biotope

woodlands

Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus 1758

Sciurus vulgaris [spec. nov.]

S. auriculis apice barbatis, palmis tetradactylis, plantis pentadactylis.

Sciurus palmis solis saliens. Faun. suec. 21. Syst. nat. 9. n. 1.

Sciurus. Gesn. quadr. 13. Aldr. quadr. 398. Jonst. quadr. t. 66.

Sciurus vulgaris. Raj. quadr. 214.

Habitat in Europae arboribus.

Aestate ruber abdomine albo, hyeme cinereus. Victitat nucibus, strobilis & c. sedens. Superfluum cibum defodit; Cortice interdum navigat. Nidus globosus e muscis.

Anatome. E. N. C. cent. 10. app. 449.

discussion

Remarks: Three subspecies (orientis, mantchuricus and coreae) were historically listed for Korea, but only one subspecies of Eurasian red squirrel, S. v. mantchuricus Thomas 1909 represents the subspecies in the country (Koh et al. 2006). This subspecies has a black tail year-round and dark grey winter pelage. Based on a specimen collected near Seoul, S. v. orientis was reported to inhabit the peninsula (Thomas 1909; Ognev 1940; Ellerman & Morrison Scott 1951). However, no further reports or evidence have supported its presence in the last 60 years. It appears that Thomas (1909) regarded populations in Korea as S. v. orientis (present in Hokkaido) instead of S. v. mantchuricus from Manchuria. Our opinion was supported by a recent genetic study by Koh et al. (2006) showing no mitochondrial differentiation between red squirrels from South Korea and northeastern China.

distribution

Range: The Eurasian red squirrel inhabits coniferous forests throughout the Korean Peninsula (Fig. 113). Sciurus vulgaris is native to the Korean Peninsula, but the population on Jeju Island probably originated from pets that escaped in ca. 2000.

Name

Synonyms
Sciurus alpinus
Sciurus balcanicus
Sciurus carpathicus
Sciurus croaticus
Sciurus europaeus
Sciurus fuscoater
Sciurus graeca
Sciurus italicus
Sciurus leucurus
Sciurus lilaeus
Sciurus typicus
Sciurus vulgaris hoffmanni Valverde, 1968
Homonyms
Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Ardilla roja in Spanish
Eekhoorn in Dutch
Egern in Danish
Egern in Danish
Eichhoernchen in German
Eichhörnchen in German
Eichhörnchen in German
Ekorn in Norwegian
Ekorre in Swedish
Esquilo-vermelho in Portuguese
Eurasian Red Squirrel in English
Eurasian Red Squirrel in English
Eurasian Red Squirrel in English
Eurasian red squirrel in language.
Eurasian red squirrel in English
Europska vjeverica in Croatian
Kaweechelchen in Luxembourgish
Ketri in Albanian
Közönséges mókus in Hungarian
Navadna veverica in Slovenian
Orav in Estonian
Orava in Finnish
Paprastoji vovere in Lithuanian
Rauðíkorni in Icelandic
Red squirrel in English
Scoiattolo comune in Italian
Tava-orav in Estonian
Veverica stromová in Slovak
Veverka obecná in Czech
Wiewiórka pospolita in Polish
eurasian red squirrel, red squirrel in English
euraziatische rode eekhoorn, eekhoorn in Dutch
Écureuil roux in French
écureuil, écureuil rouge in French
Вивірка звичайна in Ukrainian
Eekhoorn in Dutch
Eurasian Red Squirrel in English
Eurasian Red Squirrel in English
ekorre in Swedish
oarri in Northern Sami
Ardilla Roja in Spanish
Ecureuil roux in French
Gewone eekhoorn in Dutch
Gwiwer Goch in Welsh
Gwiwerod Coch in Welsh
Red Squirrel in English
Red Squirrel in English
Rode eekhoorn in Dutch
europeisk ekorn in Norwegian Bokmål
feòrag ruadh in Scottish Gaelic

Bibliographic References

  1. Hall, R. (2016-05-02 00:00:00) Däggdjur
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 22 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of (a) the specific names of fifty-seven species, each of which is the type species of a genus in the class Mammalia, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936, and (B) of the specific names of two species belonging to the same class, each of which is currently regarded as the oldest available name for the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List in the same period.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C13), 179-200 (1955)
  3. Thorington, Richard W., Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton, 2012: null. Squirrels of the World. vii + 459.
  4. Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Robert S. Hoffman / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Family Sciuridae. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 754-818.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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