Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758

Hoffman, Justin D., Lester, Courtney, Doucet, Darian & Iguwe, Damilola, 2024, UPDATED CHECKLIST AND DISTRIBUTION Of WILD TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS IN LOUISIANA, Occasional Papers of the Museum 389, pp. 1-28 : 11

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15748679
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15757064
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scientific name	Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758
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Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

Eastern Fox Squirrel

Similar to S. carolinensis , S. niger are found throughout Louisiana except in the southernmost parishes. Since Lowery (1974), a new specimen record was reported from Lafourche Parish.

Specimen records (6).— Lafourche Parish (6): Thibodaux, 3mi SE, 29.765N, -90.787W, 4 ( NCSM 5226 View Materials , 5226 View Materials , 5120 View Materials , 6427 View Materials ); GoogleMaps 29.543N, - 90.338W, 2 ( NCSM 5223 View Materials , 5224 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

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

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