NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Subgenus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Sciurus
  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

      Species - Sciurus niger
      Species - Sciurus arizonensis
      Species - Sciurus carolinensis
      Species - Sciurus nayaritensis
      Species - Sciurus aureogaster
      Species - Sciurus alleni
      Species - Sciurus colliaei
      Species - Sciurus deppei
      Species - Sciurus lis
      Species - Sciurus oculatus
      Species - Sciurus variegatoides
      Species - Sciurus vulgaris
      Species - Sciurus yucatanensis