Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus Gmelin 1778
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Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus Gmelin 1778
Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus Gmelin 1778, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., Vol. 1: 148.
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.
Vernacular Names: Caucasian Squirrel.
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Subspecies Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus subsp. anomalus Gmelin 1778
Subspecies Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus subsp. pallescens Gray 1867
Subspecies Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus subsp. syriacus Ehrenberg 1828
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).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Discussion: Subgenus Tenes (Corbet, 1978 c:76). Reviewed by Harrison and Bates (1991).
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/91C4B717759630DB830679AF52629BE0 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/FAF20187B35D60C3AA124CC65D37175C (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231538320 (URL)
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- Ognev, S. I. 1966. Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Rodents (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia) [A translation of S. I. Ognev, 1940, Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran: Gryzuny. (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Asii)]. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 4: 1 - 429 + 61 tables.
- Ognev, S. I. 1940. Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran: Gryzuny. (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii) [Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Rodents (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia)]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 4: 1 - 615 (in Russian).
- Hecht-Markou, P. 1995. Description, geographical distribution, habitat, and site changes of Sciurus anomalus Gueldenstaedt, 1785 on the Lesbos Island (Greece). Annales-Musei-Goulandris, 9: 429 - 444.
- Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
- Harrison, D. L., and P. J. J. Bates. 1991. The mammals of Arabia, Second ed. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom, 354 pp.