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    The Yucatan squirrel (Sciurus yucatanensis), originally named the Yucatan gray squirrel, also once named the Campeche squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the...
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    The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), also called Eurasian red squirrel, is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It is an arboreal and primarily...
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    family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squirrels are indigenous to...
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    been known as the silver-gray squirrel, the California gray squirrel, the Oregon gray squirrel, the Columbian gray squirrel and the banner-tail. There are...
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    The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), also known as the eastern fox squirrel or Bryant's fox squirrel, is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North...
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    The Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) is a pine squirrel found in western North America, from the Pacific Northwest (including the northwestern...
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    eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), also known, particularly outside of North America, as simply the grey squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus...
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    Sciurus (category Squirrel stubs)
    variegatoides Eurasian red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris Yucatan squirrel, Sciurus yucatanensis Subgenus Otosciurus Abert's squirrel, Sciurus aberti Subgenus...
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    the pine squirrels (the others are the Douglas squirrel, T. douglasii, and the southwestern red squirrel, T. fremonti). The American red squirrel is variously...
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    Douglas squirrel T. d. mearnsi — Mearns's squirrel Tamiasciurus fremonti — southwestern red squirrel T. f. grahamensis — Mount Graham red squirrel Tamiasciurus...
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    The tufted ground squirrel or groove-toothed squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is the sole species...
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    Variegated squirrel, S. variegatoides Eurasian red squirrel, S. vulgaris Yucatan squirrel, S. yucatanensis Subgenus Otosciurus Abert's squirrel, S. aberti...
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  • Thumbnail for Abert's squirrel
    Abert's squirrel or the tassel-eared squirrel (Sciurus aberti) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to the southern Rocky Mountains from the...
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  • Thumbnail for Eastern grey squirrels in Europe
    Europe's grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) originated in North America, where they are known as eastern gray squirrels (to differentiate from western...
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    The variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern...
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    The Calabrian black squirrel (Sciurus meridionalis) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus, endemic to the forests of the regions of Calabria...
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    The Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to Japan. It was described by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck...
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  • Thumbnail for Brazilian squirrel
    The Brazilian squirrel (Sciurus aestuans), or Guianan squirrel, is a species of tree squirrel endemic to South America. It is found in south-eastern Colombia...
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  • nayaritensis LC Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger LC Peters's squirrel, Sciurus oculatus LC Variegated squirrel, Sciurus variegatoides LC Yucatan squirrel, Sciurus yucatanensis...
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  • Thumbnail for Arizona gray squirrel
    The Arizona gray squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis) is a tree squirrel, in the genus Sciurus, endemic to the canyons and valleys surrounded by deciduous and...
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    Junín red squirrel (Sciurus pyrrhinus) is a species of squirrel from Peru and Ecuador. The Junín red squirrel is a relatively large tree squirrel, having...
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    The red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) is a species of tree squirrel distributed from southern Central America to northern South America. It is...
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  • Thumbnail for Caucasian squirrel
    The Caucasian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) or Persian squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests...
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    and why the Yucatán black howler has such a restricted range is the ancestors of the Yucatán black howler and the Central American squirrel monkey migrated...
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  • Thumbnail for Southern Amazon red squirrel
    The southern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus spadiceus), is a squirrel species from South America where it inhabits forests in much of north-western South...
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  • Thumbnail for Peters's squirrel
    Peters's squirrel (Sciurus oculatus) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to Mexico. It was first described by the German naturalist and explorer...
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  • Thumbnail for Andean squirrel
    The Andean squirrel (Sciurus pucheranii) is a tree squirrel endemic to Colombia where it inhabits montane rain forest and cloud forests of the Cordillera...
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  • Thumbnail for Mexican gray squirrel
    The Mexican gray squirrel (or red-bellied squirrel) (Sciurus aureogaster) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to Guatemala and eastern and...
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    The Guayaquil squirrel (Sciurus stramineus) is a tree squirrel endemic to Ecuador and Peru. It is a robust squirrel with a head-and-body length of 18...
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    The northern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus igniventris) is a squirrel species from South America. It occurs in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela...
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