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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Sciurinae
--> TRIBE Sciurini
--> GENUS Tamiasciurus
SPECIES Tamiasciurus mearnsi
| Author: | Townsend, 1897. | | Citation: | Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 146. | | Common Name: | Mearns's Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California (altitude about 7,000 feet)" [Baja California Norte, Mexico, 2134 m]. | | Distribution: | Sierra San Pedro Martir Mtns (Baja California Norte, Mexico). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Formerly included in douglasii; see Lindsay (1981). Arbogast et al. (2001) found that mitochondrial DNA differed only slightly among the three species of Tamiasciurus. |
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