Mexican Gray Squirrel

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Mexican Gray Squirrel

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Sciurinae
Genus: Sciurus
Subgenus: Sciurus
Species: S. aureogaster
Binomial name
Sciurus aureogaster
F. Cuvier, 1829

The Mexican Gray Squirrel (Sciurus aureogaster), also referred to as the Red-Bellied Squirrel, is a species of tree squirrel (genus Sciurus). Mexican Gray Squirrels are tree-dwelling rodents that are frequently found in Guatemala, eastern and southern Mexico, and in the Keys region of Florida. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mexican Gray Squirrel. mexicanfauna.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.