#0330 · 🦊 mammals

Abert's Squirrel

🇳🇱 Witstaarteekhoorn ·Sciurus aberti

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Abert's squirrel (or tassel-eared squirrel ) ( Sciurus aberti ) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to the Rocky Mountains from United States to Mexico, with concentrations found in Arizona, the Grand Canyon, New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado. It is closely associated with, and largely confined to, cool dry ponderosa pine forests. It is named in honour of the American naturalist John James Abert and nine subspecies are recognised. It is recognisable by its tufted ears,...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,195iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,195 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Samuel Washington Woodhouse in 1853 (173 years ago).