Which animal has the scientific name 'Sciurus carolinensis'?
Eastern gray squirrel Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis, common name eastern gray squirrel or grey squirrel depending on region, is a tree squirrel in the genus "Sciurus". It is native to eastern North America, where it is the most prodigious and ecologically essential natural forest regenerator. Widely introduced to certain places around the world, the eastern gray squirrel in Europe, in particular, is regarded as an invasive species. "Sciurus carolinensis" is native to the eastern and midwestern United States, and to the southerly portions of the eastern provinces of Canada. The native range of the eastern gray squirrel overlaps with that of the
Sciurus proposed numerous changes; synonymising some species and many subspecies, splitting another species, and naming new species. They followed Joel Asaph Allen's unsatisfying 1914 attempt in the early 20th century in splitting the genus "Sciurus" by raising the South American subgenera to the rank of genus, adding "Urosciurus" to "Hadrosciurus", and splitting the genus "Guerlinguetus" in three. Their taxonomic treatment might also require "Sciurus deppei" to be moved to "Notosciurus": Sciurus The genus Sciurus contains most of the common, bushy-tailed squirrels in North America, Europe, temperate Asia, Central America and South America. The number of species in the genus is subject