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SPECIES Sciurus (Hesperosciurus) griseus

Author:Ord, 1818.
Citation:J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts Paris, 87: 152.
Common Name:Western Gray Squirrel
Type Locality:"The Dalles of the Columbia" [River, Wasco Co., Oregon, USA].
Distribution:C Washington, W Oregon, and California (USA) to Baja California Norte (Mexico).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Hesperosciurus (Hall, 1981:433). Reviewed by Carraway and Verts (1994, Mammalian Species No. 474).
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SUBSPECIES griseus

SUBSPECIES anthonyi

SUBSPECIES nigripes

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