Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758

Braun, Janet K., Mares, Michael A., Coyner, Brandi S. & Loucks, Lynda S., 2020, New Records Of Mammals From Oklahoma, Occasional Papers of the Museum 364, pp. 1-24 : 18-19

Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758

Eastern Fox Squirrel

Sciurus niger is found statewide except in the Panhandle ( Caire et al. 1989). Tyler (2014), however, recorded their presence in Cimarron and Texas counties but noted that this species had been introduced and provided information about the introductions. Since Caire et al. (1989), new specimen county records have been reported for McClain County ( Braun and Revelez 2005) and an observational record reported for Ellis County ( Caire et al. 2010). The localities of this species reported by Caire et al. (1989) for Kiowa County are actually in Caddo County. We report the observation of an individual of S. niger for Kiowa County, which is the first recorded observation of the species in this county. New specimen county records are reported for Canadian and Roger Mills counties.

Specimen records (4).—Canadian County (3): Hwy 152 and 59th St, 1 (UCOCV-MAM 3679); Mustang, 2 (OMNH 36521–36522). Roger Mills County (1): 16.1 km N, 4 km W Cheyenne, Black Kettle National Grassland, 1 (TTU 115941).