Definition of Sciurus. Meaning of Sciurus. Synonyms of Sciurus

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Definition of Sciurus

Sciurus
Sciurus Sci*u"rus, n. [L., a squirrel, Gr. ?. See Squirrel.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of rodents comprising the common squirrels.

Meaning of Sciurus from wikipedia

- genus: Genus Sciurus Subgenus Sciurus Allen's squirrel, Sciurus alleni Arizona gray squirrel, Sciurus arizonensis Mexican gray squirrel, Sciurus aureogaster...
- The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), also called Eurasian red squirrel, is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It is an arboreal and primarily...
- (Sciurus carolinensis), also known, particularly outside of the United States, as simply the grey squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It...
- domain material from Sciurus niger. United States Department of Agriculture. Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Sciurus (Sciurus) niger". In Wilson...
- The western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) is a tree squirrel found along the western coast of the United States and Mexico. In some places, this species...
- is most frequent with the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger). Black morphs of the eastern gray and fox...
- variously as a species, or as a subspecies of the Brazilian Squirrel Sciurus aestuans or Sciurus (Guerlinguetus) brasiliensis. It is solitary and territorial...
- Echinocereus sciurus is a species of cactus native to Mexico. Echinocereus sciurus grows like a groundcover, forming clusters up to 60 cm (24 in) wide...
- esquirel which is from the Old French escurel, the reflex of a Latin word sciurus, which was taken from the Ancient Gr**** word σκίουρος (skiouros; from σκία-ουρος)...
- American red squirrels should not be confused with Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris); since the ranges of these species do not overlap, they are both...