| Kaibab squirrel | |
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| In Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Sciurus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | S. a. kaibabensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Sciurus aberti kaibabensis Merriam, 1904
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The Kaibab squirrel (Sciurus aberti kaibabensis) is a tassel-eared squirrel that lives in the Kaibab Plateau in the Southwest United States, in an area of 20 by 40 miles (32 by 64 km). The squirrel's habitat is confined entirely to the ponderosa pine forests of the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and the northern section of Kaibab National Forest[1] around the town of Jacob Lake, Arizona.
This squirrel is not found anywhere else in the world.[2] In 1965, 200,000 acres (810 km2) of Kaibab squirrel habitat within Grand Canyon National Park and Kaibab National Forest were declared the Kaibab Squirrel National Natural Landmark.[3]
- ^ "Kaibab squirrel". National Park Service. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ^ "North Kaibab Plateau, Gateway to the Grand Canyon". Sierra Club. February 16, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
- ^ "Kaibab Plateau – North Rim National Scenic Byway". Arizona Scenic Roads. Retrieved October 26, 2013.