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Sciuridae
Batsch, 1788
- squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs
(mammal)
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Entity:
Sciuroidea (Superfamily)
..Sciuridae (Family) - squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs
....†Cedromurinae (Subfamily)
....Pteromyinae (Subfamily) - flying squirrels
....Sciurinae (Subfamily) - tree and ground squirrels
....†Sciurion (Genus)
....†Vulcanisciurus (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Batsch, 1788, orth. corr.
Original name
:
Batsch, A.J.G.C. 1788.
Versuch einer Anleitung, zur Kenntniß und Geschichte der Thiere und Mineralien, für akademische Vorlesungen entworfen, und mit den nöthigsten Abbildungen versehen
. Akademische Buchhandlung, Jena
: 115.
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Subsequent spelling
:
Attributes
Justified emendation (: orth. corr.) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2]
Ref:
A. Dubois & R. Bour, 2010.
Bonn zoological Bulletin
57
(2)
: table 3.
[implicit]
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Sciurinae
(Subfamily)
Batsch, 1788
Variants
Different rank
:
Sciuroidea
(Superfamily)
Batsch, 1788
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Incorrect authorship
:
Sciuridae
(Family)
Fischer [de Waldheim], 1817, err. bibl.
Ref:
A. Dubois & R. Bour, 2010
: table 3.
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Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
eekhoorns
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs
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