Definition of Sciurus. Meaning of Sciurus. Synonyms of Sciurus

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Definition of Sciurus

Sciurus
Sciurus Sci*u"rus, n. [L., a squirrel, Gr. ?. See Squirrel.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.

Meaning of Sciurus from wikipedia

- genus: Genus Sciurus Subgenus Sciurus Allen's squirrel, Sciurus alleni Arizona gray squirrel, Sciurus arizonensis Mexican gray squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster...
- squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), also known, particularly outside of North America, as simply the grey squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It...
- The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Europe and Asia. The red...
- domain material from Sciurus niger. United States Department of Agriculture. Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Sciurus (Sciurus) niger". In Wilson...
- variously as a species, or as a subspecies of the Brazilian Squirrel Sciurus aestuans or Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) brasiliensis. It is solitary and territorial...
- Abert's squirrel or the t****el-eared squirrel (Sciurus aberti) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to the southern Rocky Mountains from the...
- The western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) is a tree squirrel found along the western coast of the United States and Mexico. In some places, this species...
- The Andean squirrel (Sciurus pucheranii) is a tree squirrel endemic to Colombia where it inhabits montane rain forest and cloud forests of the Cordillera...
- is most frequent with the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger). Black morphs of the eastern gray and fox...
- The Calabrian black squirrel (Sciurus meridionalis) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus, endemic to the forests of the regions of Calabria...