Squirrels of the World
70 Sciurus stramineus and white that grades to a pale orange near the hips and the base of the tail. The venter is cream to tan ...
Sciurus variegatoides 71 dish, or have a rust-colored neck, sides, and legs. The tail is either black with interspersed white-ti ...
72 Sciurus variegatoides blackish. The venter is white; the ears are black, edged with dark rusty patches at the base. The later ...
Sciurus vulgaris 73 nous brown shining through. The underparts are a deep ferruginous color. The ears are blackish, with black t ...
74 Sciurus vulgaris but it can be lighter in shade or nearly white in some subspe- cies. Melanism is common, especially in mainl ...
Sciurus vulgaris 75 S. v. lilaeus—western Balkan peninsula. It is a generally brownish form. S. v. mantchuricus—“Manchuria” (nor ...
76 Sciurus vulgaris cent of mortalities. Their alarm calls are a series of medium- pitched barks or “chucks,” often followed by ...
Syntheosciurus brochus 77 Sciurus yucatensis. Photo courtesy Jim McCulloch. through the canopy in the early morning or resting o ...
78 Syntheosciurus brochus Tamiasciurus douglasii (Bachman, 1839) Douglas’s Squirrel description: Douglas’s squirrel is a small t ...
Tamiasciurus douglasii 79 T. d. mollipilosus—more inland than the other subspecies in Washington and Oregon (USA), as well as al ...
80 Tamiasciurus douglasii diet of northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) increased dur- ing both the squirrel’s breeding season ...
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 81 T. h. columbiensis—southern Yukon to central British Colum- bia and southwestern Alberta (Canada). Th ...
82 Tamiasciurus hudsonicus also important, especially in summer and during other peri- ods of food shortages. Additional seconda ...
Tamiasciurus mearnsi 83 to charcoal lateral stripe borders the white venter. The feet are a pale yellowish white to gray, and th ...
84 Tamiasciurus mearnsi Original biological assessments of Sierra de San Pedro Már- tir described T. mearnsi as very common amon ...
This genus has a single species. The wrist anatomy of Aeretes suggests a close relationship with Petaurista. Aeretes melanopteru ...
86 Aeromys tephromelas Aeromys tephromelas (Günther, 1873) Black Flying Squirrel description: This species is a large fl ying sq ...
Aeromys thomasi 87 2000; R. W. Thorington and Heaney 1981; R. W. Thoring- ton, Pitassy, et al. 2002; R. W. Thorington and Santan ...
88 Belomys pearsonii Belomys pearsonii (Gray, 1842) Hairy-Footed Flying Squirrel description: This is a small fl ying squirrel, ...
Biswamoyopterus biswasi 89 natural history: This nocturnal species is reported to feed on the leaves or needles of oak, cedar, a ...
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