Sherman's fox squirrel
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Sherman's fox squirrel (Sciurus niger shermani) is a subspecies of the fox squirrel. It lives in the U.S. states of Florida and Georgia in fire-prone areas of longleaf pine and wiregrass, especially around sandhills.[1] A tree squirrel, Sherman's fox squirrel has lost much of its habitat to farming and development.[1][2] This type of squirrel nests in oak trees using leaves and Spanish moss.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Sciurus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | S. n. shermani |
Trinomial name | |
Sciurus niger shermani Moore, 1956 |
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