Sciurotamias is a genus of rodent in the squirrel family Sciuridae, found in China, and commonly called Asian rock squirrels. It belongs to the tribe Marmotini and contains two species, Pere David's rock squirrel and Forrest's rock squirrel. The genus was named by Miller in 1901, with Sciurus davidianus, originally described by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1867, designated as its type species. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: China, found in there.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ943474, descriptionView the Source 2. Sciurotamias (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Sciurotamias is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae, found in China.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the SourceWikidata: Sciurotamias
Wikidata Q943474, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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