| Mexican fox squirrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Sciurus |
| Species: | S. nayaritensis
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| Sciurus nayaritensis J. A. Allen, 1890
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| Mexican fox squirrel's range | |
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.[4]
This species, or its subspecies, is sometimes called the Nayarit, Apache, or Chiricahua fox squirrel.[4] It has been evaluated as an IUCN Red List Least Concern species.[1]
- ^ a b Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Sciurus nayaritensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20015A115155124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20015A22247142.en. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Sciurus nayaritensis". Natureserve Explorer. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 26158608.
- ^ a b Best, T.L. (1995) Sciurus nayaritensis. Mammalian Species 492, 1-5.