Mexican fox squirrel
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The Mexican fox squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) is a species of tree squirrel found throughout the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico as far south as Jalisco — and northward into the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, U.S.[3]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Sciurus |
Species: | S. nayaritensis |
Binomial name | |
Sciurus nayaritensis J. A. Allen, 1890 | |
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This species, or its subspecies, is sometimes called the Nayarit, Apache, or Chiricahua fox squirrel.[3] It has been evaluated as an IUCN Red List Least Concern species.