Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 754 818 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus Gmelin 1778 Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus Gmelin 1778 , Syst. Nat., 13th ed., Vol. 1: 148 . Type Locality: "without exact indication of locality" ( Ognev, 1966:368 ). Restricted by Güldenstadt (1785, see Ognev, 1940:423 ) to Sabeka, 25 km SW of Kutais, Georgia . Vernacular Names: Caucasian Squirrel . Subspecies: : Subspecies Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus subsp. anomalus Gmelin 1778 Subspecies Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus subsp. pallescens Gray 1867 Subspecies Sciurus (Tenes) anomalus subsp. syriacus Ehrenberg 1828 Distribution: Turkey , Transcaucasia ( Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia ), N and W Iran , Syria , Lebanon , Israel , Palestine , Jordan , and Iraq . Newly reported from Lesbos Isl, Greece ( Hecht-Markou, 1995 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: Subgenus Tenes ( Corbet, 1978 c :76 ) . Reviewed by Harrison and Bates (1991) .