#0093 · 🦊 mammals

Red-bellied Squirrel

Sciurus aureogaster

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Edgar Yahir Gutiérrez Díaz · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Neptalí Ramírez Marcial · CC BY 4.0
3. Zoológico de San Juan de Aragón, 07979 Ciudad de México, CDMX, México:© temo_design · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. San Juan de Aragón I Secc, Ciudad de México, CDMX, México:© Jorge A. Pérez Torres · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Zoológico de San Juan de Aragón, 07920 Ciudad de México, CDMX, México:© Kelly Tolentino · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Canal Nacional, Prado Churubusco, 04230 Ciudad de México, CDMX, México:© Diego Roldán Piña · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Playa Diamante, 39897 Acapulco de Juárez, Gro., México:© biosmike · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. La Misión, Hgo., México:© ADNERB MAYORGA · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. San Pedro el Chico, Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico:© ylr · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Centro, 06050 Ciudad de México, CDMX, México:© Jorge Anzures Gómez · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Mexican gray squirrel (or red-bellied squirrel ) ( Sciurus aureogaster ) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to Guatemala and eastern and southern Mexico. It has been introduced to the Florida Keys.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,639iNaturalist 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.
14,639 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Frédéric Cuvier in 1829 (197 years ago).