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Sciurotamias

Mammal Genera

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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Living or Extinct
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Taxonomic Rank
Genus 2
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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)
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Wikidata: Sciurotamias
Wikidata Q943474, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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