#0374 · 🦊 mammals

Yucatán Squirrel

Sciurus yucatanensis

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © José Antonio Linage Espinosa · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Carlos H. Mena Espinosa · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © José Antonio Linage Espinosa · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Luis Guillermo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © manuel guadalupe joya cohuo · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Luis Trinchan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Doyle's Delight St, Belmopan, Belize:© Glynn Morris · CC BY 4.0
8. Leandro Valle, Mérida, Yuc., Mexico:© Luis Trinchan · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 77734 Barceló Maya, Q.R., Mexico:© Tatiana Svidskaia · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Dzemul, MX-YU, MX:© Claudia Mas F. · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The Yucatan squirrel ( Sciurus yucatanensis ) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to Belize, Guatemala, and Southeast Mexico.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,535iNaturalist 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.
3,535 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Joel Asaph Allen in 1877 (149 years ago).