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title: "Mexican Fox Squirrel"
description: "Sciurus nayaritensis — Mamíferos. The Mexican fox squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) is a species of tree squirrel found throughout the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico as far south as Jalisco — and northward into the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, U.S."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/mexican-fox-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mexican Fox Squirrel

> Sciurus nayaritensis — Mamíferos. The Mexican fox squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) is a species of tree squirrel found throughout the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico as far south as Jalisco — and northward into the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, U.S.

- Scientific name: *Sciurus nayaritensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `mountains` (Montanhas)
- iNaturalist observations: 1065
- Wikidata: [Q1765556](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1765556)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46024](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46024)

## Names

- en: Mexican Fox Squirrel
- de: Mexikanisches Fuchshörnchen
- es: Ardilla de Nayarit
- fr: Écureuil du Nayarit

## Countries with the most observations

US (656), MX (293)

## Summary

The Mexican fox squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis) is a species of tree squirrel found throughout the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico as far south as Jalisco — and northward into the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona, U.S.
This species, or its subspecies, is sometimes called the Nayarit, Apache, or Chiricahua fox squirrel. It has been evaluated as an IUCN Red List Least Concern species.

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

## Photo

![Mexican Fox Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-fox-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142700369

## Machine access

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