NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2013

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Sciurini
  Subfamily - Sciurinae
  Family - Sciuridae
  Suborder - Sciuromorpha
  Order - Rodentia
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subgenus - Sciurus (Sciurus)
      Subgenus - Sciurus (Otosciurus)
      Subgenus - Sciurus (Guerlinguetus)
      Subgenus - Sciurus (Tenes)
      Subgenus - Sciurus (Hadrosciurus)
      Subgenus - Sciurus (Hesperosciurus)
      Subgenus - Sciurus (Urosciurus)