Sciuridae
Sciurus carolinensis
(eastern gray squirrel)

Image Caption:
A gray squirrel (sciurus carolinensis) sits on a maple branch.  This animal's scientific name was first given by the German botanist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788 (Feldhamer, Thompson, Chapman, 2003).

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Sciurinae
Genus Sciurus
Subgenus: Sciurus
Species: S. carolinensis

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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis carolinensis) Siting on a Tree Branch
Works Cited:

Feldhamer, G. A., Thompson, B. C., & Chapman, J. A.  (2003). Wild Mammals of North America.  JHU Press.

Image Location: United States, Virginia, Norfolk
Image Date: 2008JUN30
Image Species: Sciurus carolinensis carolinensis
(EXIF Information is accurate – stamped in UTC).

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Updated: 2009FEB11