Caucasian squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Caucasian squirrel Sciurus anomalus Least concern

Where the Caucasian squirrel lives, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 5 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See squirrels, chipmunks & marmots on the world map

Scientific name	Sciurus anomalus
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Is the Caucasian squirrel endangered?

The Caucasian squirrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Caucasian squirrel?

The Caucasian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Sciurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Caucasian squirrel

The Caucasian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) or Persian squirrel is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in south-western Asia.

The species is traditionally said to have first been described in 1778 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in the 13th edition of Systema Naturae, and named Sciurus anomalus. However, this work was actually published in 1788, so the true first description was made by Johann Anton Güldenstädt in 1785. Gmelin made reference to this in the 1788 work, citing Güldenstädt as the author.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Caucasian squirrel (revision 1354037868), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q756912 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).