Delmarva fox squirrel

Delmarva fox squirrel

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)

Delisted (ESA)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
Species:
Subspecies:
S. n. cinereus
Trinomial name
Sciurus niger cinereus
Linnaeus, 1758 

The Delmarva fox squirrel (Sciurus niger cinereus) is a formerly endangered subspecies of the fox squirrel. It is native to the eastern United States. The Delmarva fox squirrel was removed from the Endangered Species List effective December 2015.

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