Subspecies
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A large number of subspecies have been
described, of which 19 occur in Europe.
However, many of these subspecies are not
accepted by all authors (see also below under
Synonyms). The nominate subspecies does not
occur in Germany. The subspecies in Germany is
Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater.
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Synonyms
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Synonymy of Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater:
Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater Altum, 1876
Based on their identical sceletal characters,
the eastern European and Russian
subspecies Sciurus vulgaris fedjushini
Ognev, 1935, Sciurus vulgaris ognevi Migulin,
1928, Sciurus vulgaris kessleri Migulin, 1928,
and the western subspecies Sciurus vulgaris
russus Miller, 1907 and Sciurus vulgaris
alpinus Desmarest, 1822 are sometimes
synonymized with Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater
(in which case the oldest name alpinus would
take precedence over fuscoater). However, this
view does not take into account further
characters separating the western and eastern
populations from the central European ones,
e.g. coat color. I therefore do not follow
this view here; a revision of the subspecies
awaits detailed studies of all available
characters.
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Identification
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Distribution
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The nominate subspecies occurs in southern
scandinavia. The subspecies Sciurus vulgaris
fuscoater occurs in central Europe, from
eastern France to Poland in the east. In
Germany this subspecies is recorded from all
Bundesländer.
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Biology
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Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater. Specimen photographed in München (Bayern) on May 4, 2008.
Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater. Specimen photographed in München (Bayern) on May 3, 2008.
Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater. Specimen photographed in Frankfurt am Main (Hessen) on April 24, 2014.
Feeding marks left by a Red Squirrel. Photographed in Martinsried (Bayern) on April 12, 2004.
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