Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Sciuridae

Original position

Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Sciurina (Subtribe) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Sciurus cinereus Linnaeus, 1758
Sciurus flavus Linnaeus, 1758, nom. dub.
Sciurus getulus Linnaeus, 1758
Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758
Sciurus sibiricus E. Laxmann, 1769
Sciurus striatus Linnaeus, 1758
Sciurus volans Linnaeus, 1758, nom. illeg.
Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

Xerus (Subgenus) Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1832

Current position

Sciurina (Subtribe) Batsch, 1788

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 122.

Alternative positions

Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 86.
Sciurinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.S. Hoffmann et al., 1993: 439.
Sciurini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1046.

Historical positions

Sciurina (Subtribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 122-123.
Sciurinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.S. Hoffmann et al., 1993: 439.
Sciurinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 137.
Sciurini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1046.
Sciuridae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Sciurini (Tribe) Batsch, 1788	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 582.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 454. [rough position]
Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 27, 86.
Glires (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 19, 63.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	29s;10ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	29s
1993	R.S. Hoffmann et al.	[28s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[27s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[7s]