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Definition of Tamiasciurus
1. Noun. American red squirrels.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Sciuridae, Sciuridae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tamiasciurus
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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