SCIURIDAE Hemprich, 1820
(squirrels)

Interactions where SCIURIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
dung dung dung may support sporangiophore Pilaira anomala a pin mould Mucorales: Mucoraceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Mucoraceae/Pilaira anomala/Pilaira anomalaa pin mouldsporangiophore Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Sciuridae/Sciuridaesquirrelsdung sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung
dung dung dung may support sporangiophore Pilobolus crystallinus var crystallinus Dung Cannon Mucorales: Pilobolaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Pilobolaceae/Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinus/Pilobolus crystallinus var. crystallinusdung cannonsporangiophore Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Sciuridae/Sciuridaesquirrelsdung sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung
dung dung dung may support sporangiophore Pilobolus kleinii a dung cannon Mucorales: Pilobolaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Mucorales/Pilobolaceae/Pilobolus kleinii/Pilobolus kleiniia dung cannonsporangiophore Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Sciuridae/Sciuridaesquirrelsdung sporangiophore is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of dung

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

SCIURIDAE (squirrels) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Sciurus
squirrels
Genus 2 subtaxa 10 trophisms 10 references
Tamias sibiricus
Siberian Chipmunk
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySCIURIDAE (squirrels)
OrderRODENTIA (rodents)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SCIURIDAE (squirrels)

SCIURIDAE (squirrels) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cote, I.M. & Sutherland, W.J. 1995 The scientific basis for predator control for bird conservation Research Reports EN Report no 144.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SCIURIDAE (squirrels):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 32 images of SCIURIDAE (squirrels)
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