| Sciurus Temporal range:
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| Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Sciurini |
| Genus: | Sciurus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Sciurus vulgaris | |
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The genus Sciurus (/saɪˈjʊərəs/ or /sɪˈjuːrəs/) contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.[1]
- ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr; Hoffman, R.S. (2005). "Genus Sciurus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 758–765. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.