Summary ⁶

The Kaibab squirrel (Sciurus aberti kaibabensis) is a tassel-eared squirrel that lives in the Kaibab Plateau in the Southwest United States, in an area of 20 by 40 miles (30 by 60 km). The squirrel's habitat is confined entirely to the ponderosa pine forests of the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and the northern section of Kaibab National Forest around the town of Jacob Lake, Arizona. In 1965, 200,000 acres (800 km²) of Kaibab...

Distribution ⁷

endemic to a single state or province

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Grand Canyon National Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/grand_canyon_nps/6170216265/
2. (c) msr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by msr
3. (c) Tim Giller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tim Giller
4. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Stavenn_Sciurus_aberti_kaibabensis_00.jpg
5. (c) Paul Bedell, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Paul Bedell
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciurus_aberti_kaibabensis
7. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28915942

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• Biodiversity Heritage Library
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