Definition of Tamiasciurus

1. Noun. American red squirrels.

Exact synonyms: Genus Tamiasciurus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Sciuridae, Sciuridae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamiasciurus

Tamarix
Tamasheq
Tamaulipas
Tamazight
Tamblin
Tambling
Tamblyn
Tambocor
Tambov
Tamburlaine
Tamera
Tamerlane
Tameside
Tamiami virus
Tamias striatus
Tamiasciurus
Tamiasciurus douglasi
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Tamien
Tamiflu
Tamil
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Tiger
Tamil Tigers
Tamilian
Tamilians
Tamils
Tamlin
Tamlyn
Tamm

Literary usage of Tamiasciurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection by William J. Zielinski, Thomas E. Kucera (1998)
"... species that can be caught more easily, especially pine squirrels (tamiasciurus spp. ... tamiasciurus hudsonicus and T. douglasii) in different areas, ..."

2. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"tamiasciurus (la' mi a si u' rus). The subgenus of the genus Sciurus including the red squirrels. Sciurus (tamiasciurus) hudsonicus ..."

3. A Synopsis of the Mammals of North America and Adjacent Seas by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1901)
"Under parts of body and limbs pure white. Measurements. Total length, 540; tail vertebrae, 265; hind foot, 70; ear, 34. E. tamiasciurus ..."

4. Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians by Junius Henderson, John Peabody Harrington (1914)
"... or North American Red Squirrels (Subgenus tamiasciurus), Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., x, pp. 291-94, I8'jx. 'Coues, Elliott, and Yarrow, HC, op. cit., ..."

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