| Caucasian squirrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Sciurus |
| Species: | S. anomalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sciurus anomalus Güldenstädt, 1785[2]
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| Persian squirrel's range | |
The Caucasian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) or Persian squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in south-western Asia.[1]
The species is traditionally said to have first been described in 1778 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in the 13th edition of Systema Naturae,[3] and named Sciurus anomalus.[1] However, this work was actually published in 1788,[4] so the true first description was made by Johann Anton Güldenstädt in 1785.[5][2] Gmelin made reference to this in the 1788 work, citing Güldenstädt as the author.
- ^ a b c Yigit, N.; Kryštufek, B.; Sozen, M.; Bukhnikashvili, A.; Shenbrot, G. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Sciurus anomalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20000A115154256. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20000A22245460.en. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ^ a b Koprowski, J.L.; Gavish, L.; Doumas, S.L. (August 2016). "Sciurus anomalus (Rodentia: Sciuridae)". Mammalian Species. 48 (934): 48–58. doi:10.1093/mspecies/sew004. S2CID 88672263.
- ^ a b Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 26158608.
- ^ 13th edition Systema Naturae. Vol. Tomus 1. impensis Georg. Emanuel. Beer. 1788. Retrieved 17 September 2016 – via Biodiversity Library.
- ^ Masseti, Marco (2012). Atlas of Terrestrial Mammals of the Ionian and Aegean Islands. Boston: De Gruyter. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-3-11-025457-0.