Mexican Fox Squirrel
Sciurus nayaritensis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 669
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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. This species, or its subspecies, is sometimes called the Nayarit, Apache, or Chiricahua fox squirrel. It has been evaluated as an IUCN Red List Least Concern species.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Mexican fox squirrel”.