Squirrels of the World
50 Sciurus deppei berries. It appears to function predominantly as a seed pred- ator, although studies on scatter-hoarding and s ...
Sciurus gilvigularis 51 The dorsum is usually grizzled black to brown, suff used with yellow. It has a rufous tinge on the head, ...
52 Sciurus gilvigularis general references: J. A. Allen 1915; Eisenberg 1989; Emmons 1984; Ghilardi and Alho 1990; Linares 1998; ...
Sciurus granatensis 53 dorsum at its base, with the rest of the tail ochraceous orange for most of its length and black tipped. ...
54 Sciurus granatensis S. g. sumaco—Mount Sumaco (Oriente, in eastern Ecuador). This form is more gray, and the tail is black an ...
Sciurus griseus 55 to the dorsum, but it is sometimes darker at the core and has a frosting of white to silver gray. The ears ar ...
56 Sciurus griseus (S. carolinensis) and eastern fox squirrels (S. niger), and poor regeneration of oak woodlands. general refer ...
Sciurus igniventris 57 general references: S. Anderson 1997; Emmons and Feer 1990; Haugaasen and Peres 2005; Woodman et al. 1995 ...
58 Sciurus igniventris size: Both sexes—HB 240–295 mm; T 240–305 mm; Mass 500–900 g. distribution: This species is found in Colo ...
Sciurus nayaritensis 59 conservation: IUCN status—least concern. Population trend—stable. Japan’s Red Data Book lists Sciurus li ...
60 Sciurus nayaritensis geographic variation: Three subspecies are recognized. S. n. nayaritensis—southern portion of the range ...
Sciurus niger 61 size: Both sexes—HB 260–370 mm; T 200–330 mm; Mass 507–1361 g. distribution: This species can be found from Sas ...
62 Sciurus niger often at fi rst light, or—in low-density populations—they may sleep in the female’s nest the night prior to est ...
Sciurus niger 63 Sciurus niger niger. Photo courtesy Daniela Duncan. til as late as 12 weeks afterward. Adult size is not reache ...
64 Sciurus niger 42.8 ha, are larger for males, and decrease with habitat frag- ment size. Annual adult survivorship is high, at ...
Sciurus pucheranii 65 distribution: This species is found in the Mexican states of San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidal ...
66 Sciurus pucheranii of Colombia. It usually lacks a midline and possesses brownish gray underparts, with the pectoral region t ...
Sciurus richmondi 67 conservation: IUCN status—data defi cient. Population trend—no information. S. pyrrhinus is classifi ed as ...
68 Sciurus sanborni Sciurus sanborni (Osgood, 1944) Sanborn’s Squirrel description: Sanborn’s squirrel has a uniform olive brown ...
Sciurus stramineus 69 S. s. spadiceus—Brazil. The dorsum is grizzled pale yellowish and dusky. The underparts are ochraceous buf ...
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