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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Mammals
  5. Rodents
  6. Squirrels
  7. Typical Squirrels
  8. Tree Squirrels

genus

Tree Squirrels

Sciurus

Includes
6 native 1 introduced 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Fox Squirrels and Allies 3 native
  • Western Gray Squirrels and Abert's Squirrels 2 native
  • Squirrel 1 native
  • Red-tailed Squirrel
  • Western South American Tree Squirrels
  • Eastern South American Tree Squirrels
  • Central American Tree Squirrels
  • Palearctic Tree Squirrels

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native tree squirrels All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 402,133 observations
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger 167,827 observations
  • Western Gray Squirrel Sciurus griseus 21,448 observations
  • Abert's Squirrel Sciurus aberti 5,045 observations
  • Arizona Gray Squirrel Sciurus arizonensis 2,824 observations
  • Mexican Fox Squirrel Sciurus nayaritensis 1,058 observations

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