Caucasian Squirrel

Taxobox
name = Persian Squirrel


status = NT
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Sciurus"
subgenus = "Tenes"
subgenus_authority = Thomas, 1909
species = "S. anomalus"
binomial = "Sciurus anomalus"
binomial_authority = Gmelin, 1778
synonyms = The Persian Squirrel or Caucasian Squirrel ("Sciurus anomalus") is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

References

* Amori, G. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20000/all Sciurus anomalus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
*Thorington, R. W. and R. S. Hoffmann. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.