Sciurus species
Common name:
| Species name:
| Nickname:
| weight (g):
| where found:
Tassel-eared
| aberti
| Big Tufty
| like, 550 to 750
| Arizona to Colorado; Mexico |
Brazilian
| aestuans
| midget of Sciurus
| around 159 to 218
| Venezuela to N. Argentina |
Allen's
| alleni
|
| unknown
| Mexico |
Persian
| anomalus
| Arab squirrel
| unknown
| Turkey to Transcaucasia to Iran to Israel |
Apache Fox
| apache
|
| unknown
| s. Arizona, New Mexico |
Arizona Gray
| arizonensis
|
| like, 605 to 706
| Arizona to n. Mexico, New Mexico |
Red-Bellied Gray
| aureogaster
|
| from 430 to 680
| Guatemala, Mexico; introduced to Elliot Key, Florida |
Eastern Gray
| carolinensis
| Bushytail
| between 400 and 680
| e. USA, se. Canada; introduced to Britain, South Africa, and w. USA |
Chiricahua
| chiricahuae
|
| unknown
| Arizona |
Collie's
| colliaei
|
| unknown
| Mexico |
Deppe's
| deppei
|
| like, 190 to 220
| Mexico to Costa Rica |
Flame
| flammifer
|
| unknown
| Venezuela, Colombia |
Yellow throated
| gilvigularus
|
| unknown
| n. Brazil |
Red tailed
| granatensis
| Firetail
| from 212 to 520
| Ecuador to Venezuela to Costa Rica |
Western Gray
| griseus
|
| between 500 and 949
| Washington to California |
Bolivian Red
| ignitus
|
| like, 225 to 240
| Andes (Bolivia and Peru), Brazil, nw. Argentina |
North Amazon Red
| igniventris
|
| from 500 to 900
| nw. Brazil, Colombia, s. Venezuela |
Japanese
| lis
| Risu
| unknown
| Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu (Japan) |
Nayarit Fox
| nayaritensis
|
| unknown
| Mexico, se. Arizona |
Eastern Fox
| niger
| King of Sciurus
| between 400 and 1200
| e. USA and ne. Mexico; introduced to w. USA |
Peter's
| oculatus
|
| unknown
| Mexico |
Pucheran's
| pucheranii
|
| unknown
| Andes (Colombia) |
Junin Red
| pyrrhinus
|
| unknown
| Andes (Peru) |
Richmond's
| richmondi
|
| like, 235 to 268
| Nicaragua |
Sanborn's
| sanborni
|
| unknown
| Peru |
South Amazon Red
| spadiceus
|
| from 600 to 650
| Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia |
Guayaquil
| stramineus
|
| unknown
| ne. Peru, se. Ecuador |
Variegated
| variegatoides
|
| between 450 and 520
| Mexico to Panama |
Eurasian Red
| vulgarus
| Little Tufty
| like, 210 to 410
| Portugal and Britain to Japan and Siberia |
Yucatan
| yucatanensis
|
| unknown
| Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala |
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