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SPECIES Sciurus (Sciurus) nayaritensis
Author: | J. A. Allen, 1890. | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2: 7, footnote. | Common Name: | Mexican Fox Squirrel | Type Locality: | "Sierra Valparaiso, Zacatecas," [Mexico.] | Distribution: | Jalisco (Mexico) north to SE Arizona (USA). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Sciurus (Hall, 1981:431). Includes chiricahuae and apache (Hall, 1981:431; Lee and Hoffmeister, 1963). Reviewed by Best (1995d, Mammalian Species No. 492). |
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