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Mount Graham red squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis

Classification

Family
Sciuridae

The Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus fremonti grahamensis) is an endangered subspecies of the southwestern red squirrel (Tamiasciurus fremonti) native to the Pinaleño Mountains of Arizona. It is smaller than most other subspecies of red squirrel, and also does not have the white-fringed tail that is common to the species. Its diet consists mainly of mixed seeds, conifer cones and air-dried fungi.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1