Calabrian black squirrel

Calabrian black squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
Species:
S. meridionalis
Binomial name
Sciurus meridionalis
Lucifero, 1907
Approximate distribution in red
Synonyms
  • Sciurus vulgaris meridionalis (Lucifero, 1907)
  • Sciurus vulgaris silanus Heinrich, 1934

The Calabrian black squirrel (Sciurus meridionalis) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus, endemic to the forests of the regions of Calabria and Basilicata, in the south of the Italian Peninsula.