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title: "Arizona Gray Squirrel"
description: "Sciurus arizonensis — Mammals. The Arizona gray squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis) is a tree squirrel, in the genus Sciurus, endemic to the canyons and valleys surrounded by deciduous and mixed forests in eastern Arizona and northern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/arizona-gray-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Arizona Gray Squirrel

> Sciurus arizonensis — Mammals. The Arizona gray squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis) is a tree squirrel, in the genus Sciurus, endemic to the canyons and valleys surrounded by deciduous and mixed forests in eastern Arizona and northern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Sciurus arizonensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 2850
- Wikidata: [Q777282](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q777282)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46019](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46019)

## Names

- en: Arizona Gray Squirrel
- de: Arizonagrauhörnchen
- es: Ardilla de Arizona
- fr: Écureuil gris d'Arizona
- nl: Arizona-eekhoorn

## Countries with the most observations

US (2641), MX (17)

## Summary

The Arizona gray squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis) is a tree squirrel, in the genus Sciurus, endemic to the canyons and valleys surrounded by deciduous and mixed forests in eastern Arizona and northern Mexico.
It is threatened by habitat loss. The only other large squirrel that is within its range is Abert's squirrel, which has ear tufts and lives in pine forests. Although they act and look like other gray squirrels, the Arizona gray squirrel is actually more closely related to the fox squirrel.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_gray_squirrel

## Photo

![Arizona Gray Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/arizona-gray-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/295590468

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/arizona-gray-squirrel?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).