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The American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) is one of three species of tree squirrels currently classified in the genus Tamiasciurus, known as the pine squirrels (the others are the Douglas squirrel, T. douglasii, and the southwestern red squirrel, T. fremonti).
T. d. mearnsi — Mearns's squirrel; Tamiasciurus fremonti — southwestern red squirrel [3] T. f. grahamensis — Mount Graham red squirrel; Tamiasciurus hudsonicus — American red squirrel; All three species are native to North America. Pine squirrels can be found in the northern and western United States, most of Canada, Alaska, and ...
The Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus fremonti grahamensis) is an endangered subspecies of the southwestern red squirrel (Tamiasciurus fremonti) [5] 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.
The Mount Graham red squirrel (T. f. grahamensis) is a notable, endangered subspecies of the southwestern red squirrel. In addition, genetic sampling indicates that squirrels from the Sacramento Mountains of New Mexico form a highly divergent clade that dates back to the Last Glacial Maximum, about 130,000 years ago.
Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger (extirpated or vagrant?) Distribution: formerly western Connecticut - may be vagrant in western Vermont and western Massachusetts. American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus American red squirrel. Distribution: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) [3] American water shrew (Sorex palustris) [3] Arizona woodrat (Neotoma devia) [5] American mink (Neogale vison) [3] Belding's ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi) [6] Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) [3] Big free-tailed bat (Nyctinomops macrotis) [7] Black rat (Rattus rattus) [3] introduced
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Sciurini (/ s ɪ ˈ j uː r ɪ n iː /) is a tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels, [2] mostly from the Americas. It includes five living genera—the American dwarf squirrels, Microsciurus; the Bornean Rheithrosciurus; the widespread American and Eurasian tree squirrels of the genus Sciurus, which includes some of the best known squirrel species; the Central American ...