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Tamiasciurus hudsonicus fremonti

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus fremonti

Classification

Family
Sciuridae

The southwestern red squirrel or Fremont's squirrel (Tamiasciurus fremonti) is a species of tree squirrel, in the genus of pine squirrel, endemic to high-altitude regions of the southwestern United States. Taxonomy It was formerly considered conspecific with the American red squirrel (T. hudsonicus), but a 2016 study found sufficient phylogenetic evidence indicating it was a distinct species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1,688