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The currently accepted scientific name for Abert's squirrel is Sciurus aberti Woodhouse, 1853. [4] Woodhouse had initially described the species as Sciurus dorsalis in 1852, but this name turned out to be preoccupied by Sciurus dorsalis Gray, 1849 (now a subspecies of variegated squirrel S. variegatoides), and thus the present species was renamed.
Rock squirrel, Otospermophilus variegatus; Abert's squirrel, Sciurus aberti; Arizona gray squirrel, Sciurus arizonensis; Mexican fox squirrel, Sciurus nayaritensis; Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger; Golden-mantled ground squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis; Mexican ground squirrel, Spermophilus mexicanus; Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus ...
The Arizona gray squirrel has had no recent expansion or reduction in the size of their range in New Mexico, though there has been some population decline. This is due to habitat loss and the introduction of Abert’s squirrel, which has in some cases outcompeted the Arizona gray squirrel for resources. [6]
10. Abert’s Squirrel. An Abert’s Squirrel’s adorable ear tufts aren’t just for show. They actually help regulate their body temperature too.
A wide range of mammals also live in Great Sand Dunes, including American pika, kangaroo rats, bighorn sheep, mountain lions, black bears, elk and Abert’s squirrels, which the park says are ...
The Kaibab squirrel is an example of evolution occurring through geographic isolation, but not because of the canyon. [2] Compared to the Kaibab squirrel, the Abert's squirrel, with its several subspecies, has a much broader distribution and is found on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The difference between North Rim and South Rim Abert's ...
The nine subspecies of Abert's Squirrels vary a lot in appearance. The common feature are the ear tassels, but even those can be missing in individuals. Along the Colorado Front Range almost all Abert's Squirrels are melanistic. If I have the time, I will expand this article to include that information.
Sciurini (/ s ɪ ˈ j uː r ɪ n iː /) is a tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels, [2] mostly from the Americas. It includes five living genera—the American dwarf squirrels, Microsciurus; the Bornean Rheithrosciurus; the widespread American and Eurasian tree squirrels of the genus Sciurus, which includes some of the best known squirrel species; the Central American ...