Apache Fox Squirrel

Sciurus nayaritensis apache

Classification

Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae

The Mexican fox squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) is a species of tree squirrel found throughout the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico as far south as Jalisco — and northward into the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, U. S. This species, or its subspecies, is sometimes called the Nayarit, Apache, or Chiricahua fox squirrel.

Distribution

Apache Fox Squirrel — (c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 3

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC-BY-SA DescriptionMexican fox squirrel, Wikipedia contributors

Apache Fox Squirrel

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