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The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), also known as the eastern fox squirrel or Bryant's fox squirrel, [3] is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America.Despite the differences in size and coloration, it is sometimes mistaken for American red squirrels or eastern gray squirrels in areas where the species co-exist.
The Southern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger niger) is a subspecies of the fox squirrel. They are native to the eastern United States and currently reside in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. They can also be found in parts of southern Virginia, southeastern Alabama, and the pan handle of Florida. [2]
Sherman's fox squirrel (Sciurus niger shermani) is a subspecies of the fox squirrel. It lives in the U.S. states of Florida and Georgia in fire-prone areas of longleaf pine and wiregrass, especially around sandhills. [1] A tree squirrel, Sherman's fox squirrel has lost much of its habitat to farming and development.
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]
The Delmarva fox squirrel (Sciurus niger cinereus) was an endangered subspecies of the fox squirrel. [6]Its historical range included the Delmarva Peninsula, southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, but its natural occurrence is now limited to parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. [7]
The Delta fox squirrel (Sciurus niger subauratus) is a subspecies of fox squirrel found in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. There are two common phases, a glossy solid black phase and a reddish phase that lacks the white markings of the fox squirrels found in the surrounding hill country.
The word squirrel, first attested in 1327, comes from the Anglo-Norman esquirel which is from the Old French escurel, the reflex of a Latin word sciurus, which was taken from the Ancient Greek word σκίουρος (skiouros; from σκία-ουρος) 'shadow-tailed', referring to the long bushy tail which many of its members have.
Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger; Peters's squirrel, Sciurus oculatus; Variegated squirrel, Sciurus variegatoides; Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris; Yucatan squirrel, Sciurus yucatanensis; Subgenus Otosciurus. Abert's squirrel, Sciurus aberti; Subgenus Guerlinguetus. Brazilian squirrel (Guianan squirrel), Sciurus aestuans; Yellow-throated ...