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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.
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 ...
Abert recruited the best soldier-scientists he could find. These included John C. Frémont, William H. Emory and Andrew A. Humphreys. Grave of Abert at Rock Creek Cemetery. Abert was a member of a number of legal, geographical and scientific societies. He was also a member of the Geographical Society of Paris, the Société de Géographie. He ...
I have proper pictures of the Abert squirrel, which I will gladly share with Wikipedia, if someone would care to confirm my suspicions. --Mespinola 22:56, 9 April 2008 (UTC) Oddly enough, my belief also invalidates the pictures of the Kaibab squirrel in its Wikipedia article. As far as I can tell, someone got the imagery backwards.
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 squirrel, Sciurus gilvigularis; Red-tailed squirrel, Sciurus granatensis
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]
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 ...
Tree squirrels include the American red squirrel (also known as pine squirrel), and the Abert's squirrel, found only in ponderosa pine forests. There are also several types of ground squirrels, such as the Wyoming ground squirrel, the rock squirrel, and the golden-mantled ground squirrel.