Stumble this page!Arizona gray squirrel
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Species : Sciurus arizonensis
The Arizona gray squirrel is listed as Near Threatened (Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Arizona gray squirrel
A young / baby of a Arizona gray squirrel is called a 'pup, kit or kitten'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Arizona gray squirrel group is called a 'dray or scurry'.
Facts about the Arizona gray squirrel
1995: Arizona gray squirrels are uncommon to Gila National Forest (USDA Forest Service, 1995) *25*.
Arizona Gray Squirrel Known commonly as the Arizona gray squirrel, Sciurus arizonensis is gray in color throughout most of its upper body.
Comments on Distribution The Arizona gray squirrel is limited to the deciduous riparian forest of the San Francisco drainage in Catron County.
References01, 02, 04, 06, 12, 14 CommentsOnly one subspecies of Sciurus arizonensis is verified in New Mexico, S.
Reproduction The onset of breeding activity in the Arizona gray squirrel is correlated with flower emergence and the inclusion of flower parts in the diet.
This is the large, mottled-gray/brown fella with the long bushy tail (Arizona gray squirrels are solid gray and have longer tails fringed with white) you frequently see scampering across the road (and making it across, hopefully), raiding your chicken coop of eggs, and making your garden and outbuilding their own.
Because of each range’s isolation, and the inability of some animals to cross those valley barriers, species tend to specialize: for example, the handsome Apache red squirrel is restricted to the Chiricahuas; the Arizona gray squirrel is in the Huachucas and Santa Ritas; and the endangered (Full text)
Introductions of Abert's squirrels (Sciurus aberti) in the 1940s to many of the isolated mountains in which Arizona gray squirrels are found has been suggested to be a threat to the persistence of the uncommon natives. (Full text)
The Arizona Gray Squirrel is from the order Rodentia. (Full text)
1. Sciurus, genus Sciurus -- (type genus of the Sciuridae; typical moderate-sized arboreal squirrels)Sciurus
genus Sciurus
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