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SPECIES Sciurus (Sciurus) niger
Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 64. | Common Name: | Eastern Fox Squirrel | Type Locality: | "in America septentrionalis." Restricted by Thomas (1911a:149) to S South Carolina (USA). | Distribution: | Texas (USA) and adjacent Mexico, north to Manitoba (Canada) east to the Atlantic Coast. | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered as S. n. cinereus; nonessential experimental population in Sussex Co., Delaware (USA); IUCN – Data Deficient as S. n. vulpinus, Lower Risk (conservation dependent) as S. n. avicinnia and S. n. cinereus, Lower Risk (nt) as S. n. shermani, otherwise Lower Risk (lc) as S. niger. | Comments: | Subgenus Sciurus (Hall, 1981:427). Reviewed by Koprowski (1994a, Mammalian Species No. 479). |
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