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The genus Sciurus ( or ) contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.

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Sciurus is a genus of squirrels that includes most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrel species found across North America, Europe, Asia, Central America, and South America. This genus matters because it represents the largest group of the familiar squirrels that people encounter in forests and parks throughout much of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

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亞屬 Tenes Sciurus Hesperosciurus Otosciurus Guerlinguetus Hadrosciurus Urosciurus 松鼠屬（Sciurus）包含大多數生活於北美洲、歐洲、溫帶亞洲、中美洲以及南美洲的蓬尾松鼠。種松鼠屬 Sciurus Tenes亞屬中東松鼠 Sciurus anomalus Sciurus亞屬歐亞紅松鼠 Sciurus vulgaris 日本松鼠 Sciurus lis 東美松鼠 Sciurus carolinensis 金腹松鼠 Sciurus aureogaster 灰尾松鼠 Sciurus colliaei 尤卡坦松鼠 Sciurus yucatanensis 雜色松鼠 Sciurus variegatoides 達氏松鼠 Sciurus deppei 狐松鼠 Sciurus niger 大眼松鼠 Sciurus oculatus 亞氏松鼠 Sciurus alleni 納雅星松鼠 Sciurus nayaritensis 亞利桑那灰松鼠 Sciurus arizonensis Hesperosciurus亞屬西美松鼠 Sciurus griseus Otosciurus亞屬纓耳松鼠 Sciurus aberti Guerlinguetus亞屬 Sciurus granatensis 格拉納達松鼠 Sciurus granatensis 李奇蒙松鼠 Sciurus richmondi 夏眠松鼠 Sciurus aestuans Sciurus gilvigularis 火毛松鼠 Sciurus ignitus Sciurus ingrami Sciurus pucheranii 麥桔松鼠 Sciurus stramineus 散氏松鼠 Sciurus sanborni Sciurus argentinius Hadrosciurus亞屬火焰松鼠 Sciurus flammifer Sciurus pyrrhinus Urosciurus亞屬火腹松鼠 Sciurus igniventris Sciurus spadiceus 參考文獻维基物种中的分类信息：松鼠屬维基共享资源中相关的多媒体资源：松鼠屬 Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 Eisenberg, J.F. 1989. "Mammals of the Neotropics, Volume 1: The Northern Neotropics: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela,

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taxon name: Sciurus
Commons category: Sciurus
Commons gallery: Sciurus
taxon author citation: Linnaeus, 1758

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The genus Sciurus ( or ) contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America.

==Species== The number of species in the genus is subject to change. In 2005, Thorington & Hoffman- whose taxonomic interpretation is followed by the IUCN website- accepted 28 species in the genus: