Stats

Lifespan: 5-8 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate woodland
Range: North America
Movement: Climbing
Breeding: Live birth
Defense: Speed
Status: Uncommon

About

The Arizona Gray Squirrel is restricted almost entirely to riparian corridors within Arizona's sky island canyons, rarely straying far from streamside cottonwood, walnut, and sycamore trees. Its steel-gray coat with a rusty-white underside helps it blend into the dappled shade of these narrow forest strips.

Life cycle

1.
newborn pup
A blind, hairless pup nurses in the nest and is unable to regulate its own warmth.
2.
juvenile
A weaned juvenile is fully furred, leaves the nest, and begins foraging on solid food.
3.
adult
Fully grown and self-sufficient.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
Species: Sciurus arizonensis