Editing Pine squirrel

{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}
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| name = Pine squirrels
| fossil_range = Middle [[Pleistocene]] - Recent
| image = Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 001.jpg
| image_caption = [[American red squirrel]] (''Tamiasciurus hudsonicus'')
| taxon = Tamiasciurus
| authority = [[Édouard Louis Trouessart|Trouessart]], 1880
| type_species = ''[[Tamiasciurus hudsonicus|[Sciurus vulgaris] hudsonicus]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben|Erxleben]], 1777
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ref = <ref name="Thorington">{{MSW3 Sciuridae | id=12400001 | pages = 754–818 | heading = Family Sciuridae | author = Thorington, R.W. Jr.}}</ref>
| subdivision = *''[[Douglas squirrel|Tamiasciurus douglasii]]''
*''[[Southwestern red squirrel|Tamiasciurus fremonti]]''
*''[[American red squirrel|Tamiasciurus hudsonicus]]''
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'''Pine squirrels''' are [[squirrel]]s of the [[genus]] '''''Tamiasciurus''''', in the [[Sciurini]] [[Tribe (biology)|tribe]], of the large [[family (biology)|family]] [[Sciuridae]].

==Species==
This genus includes three species:<ref>{{Citation|last=Mammal Diversity Database|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-08-10|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5175993 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5175993|access-date=2021-09-11}}</ref> 
*''Tamiasciurus douglasii'' — [[Douglas squirrel]]
**''T. d. mearnsi'' — [[Mearns's squirrel]] 
*''Tamiasciurus fremonti'' — [[southwestern red squirrel]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Tamiasciurus fremonti'' (Audubon & Bachman, 1853)|url=https://www.mammaldiversity.org/explore.html#genus=Tamiasciurus&species=fremonti&id=1001705|access-date=2021-09-10|website=www.mammaldiversity.org}}</ref>
**''T. f. grahamensis'' — [[Mount Graham red squirrel]]
*''Tamiasciurus hudsonicus'' — [[American red squirrel]]  
All three species are native to [[North America]]. Pine squirrels can be found in the northern and western [[United States]], most of [[Canada]], [[Alaska]], and northwestern [[Mexico]].

== Description ==
Pine squirrels, ''Tamiasciurus'' species, are small [[tree squirrel]]s with bushy tails. Along with members of the genus ''[[Sciurus]]'', they are members of the [[Sciurini|Sciurini tribe]].

The name ''Tamiasciurus'' comes from Greek [[wiktionary:ταμίας]] ''tamías'' ‘steward, dispenser’ and [[wiktionary:σκίουρος]] ''skíouros'' 'squirrel'.

The American red squirrel should not be confused with the Eurasian [[red squirrel]] (''Sciurus vulgaris'') — both are usually just referred to as the "red squirrel" in their home continents.

Pine squirrels rely on a variety of food sources including fungi, plants, arthropods and tree seed.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=McKeever|first=Sturgis|date=1964|title=Food Habits of the Pine Squirrel in Northeastern California|journal=The Journal of Wildlife Management|volume=28|issue=2|pages=402–404|doi=10.2307/3798105|issn=0022-541X|jstor=3798105}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Tamiasciurus|Tamiasciurus (pine squirrel)}}
*{{Wikispecies-inline|Tamiasciurus}}

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[[Category:Tamiasciurus]]
[[Category:Rodents of Canada]]
[[Category:Rodents of the United States]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Édouard Louis Trouessart]]


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