Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (rodent)

Mass: 187 g based on Aleksiuk 1971, Layne 1954, and Vernes 2004

Abundance: 0.03 to 67.46% (median 1.30%)

Latitudinal range: 36.3° to 56.8°

Habitats: (17), boreal forest/taiga (6), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (5)

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Found in 28 samples

Canada: Kinmount, Prince Albert Model Forest, Prince Edward Island National Park, Lindsay, Keffer (Midden 57, screened) (Holocene), Keffer (Midden 57, floated) (Holocene), McNichol Creek (midden) (Holocene), Irving-Johnston (Holocene), Caverne de la Mine (lower infill) (Holocene), Winefred Lake, EMEND site (retention level 100%, replicate 1), EMEND site (retention level 100%, replicate 2), EMEND site (retention level 100%, replicate 3), Algar

United States: Fort Necessity National Battlefield, MacIntyre Development (forest habitats), Welsh Cave (Late Pleistocene), Bat Cave (Late Pleistocene), King Leo Pit Cave (Late Pleistocene), Dead Indian Creek (Holocene), Pine Hill (Holocene), Cole Gravel Pit (Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone D) (Late Pleistocene), Robinson Cave (Late Pleistocene), Bootlegger Sink (Pleistocene - Holocene), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4 (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene), Cumberland Cave (Middle Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
body mass212 gN = 7Aleksiuk 1971
body mass220 gN = 6Aleksiuk 1971
body mass221 gN = 12Aleksiuk 1971
body mass191 gN = 6Aleksiuk 1971
body mass191 gN = 7Aleksiuk 1971
body mass184 gN = 11Aleksiuk 1971
body mass205 gN = 9Aleksiuk 1971
body mass194 gN = 6Aleksiuk 1971
body mass214 gN = 11Aleksiuk 1971
body mass210 gN = 10Aleksiuk 1971
body mass205 gN = 12Aleksiuk 1971
♀ body mass188.80 gN = 99Layne 1954
♂ body mass193.70 gN = 186Layne 1954
body mass151.6 gN = 76Vernes 2004
♀ head and body length185.2 mmN = 107Layne 1954
♂ head and body length184.7 mmN = 149Layne 1954
♀ hind foot length47.6 mmN = 107Layne 1954
♂ hind foot length48.2 mmN = 149Layne 1954
hind foot length43.1 mmN = 72Vernes 2004
♂ skull length45.64 mmN = 50Layne 1954
♂ skull length45.47 mmN = 50Layne 1954
♂ skull width26.48 mmN = 50Layne 1954
♂ skull width26.56 mmN = 50Layne 1954
♀ tail length125.0 mmN = 107Layne 1954
♂ tail length123.7 mmN = 149Layne 1954
tail length116.3 mmN = 70Vernes 2004
♀ total body length310.2 mmN = 107Layne 1954
♂ total body length310.1 mmN = 149Layne 1954
♂ upper tooth row length7.20 mmN = 50Layne 1954
♂ upper tooth row length7.32 mmN = 50Layne 1954

See also Tamiasciurus, Tamiasciurus sp.