NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Microsciurus
  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

      Subspecies - Microsciurus alfari alfari
      Subspecies - Microsciurus alfari alticola
      Subspecies - Microsciurus alfari browni
      Subspecies - Microsciurus alfari fusculus
      Subspecies - Microsciurus alfari septentrionalis
      Subspecies - Microsciurus alfari venustulus