Delmarva fox squirrel

Delmarva fox squirrel

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]

Delisted (ESA)[2][3][4]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
Species:
S. niger
Subspecies:
S. n. cinereus
Trinomial name
Sciurus niger cinereus
Linnaeus, 1758 [5]

The Delmarva fox squirrel (Sciurus niger cinereus) is a formerly endangered subspecies of the fox squirrel. It is native to the eastern United States. The Delmarva fox squirrel was removed from the Endangered Species List effective December 2015.[4]

  1. ^ NatureServe (1 September 2023). "Sciurus niger cinereus". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel (Sciurus niger cinereus)". Environmental Conservation Online System. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  3. ^ 32 FR 4001
  4. ^ a b 80 FR 70700
  5. ^ "Sciurus niger cinereus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.