Key lime vs Mexican Fox Squirrel

Citrus aurantiifolia compared with Sciurus nayaritensis

Key Differences

• Key lime is Not Evaluated while Mexican Fox Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Key lime	Mexican Fox Squirrel
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Rutaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Citrus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Citrus aurantiifolia	Sciurus nayaritensis

Conservation Status

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican Fox Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Key lime	Mexican Fox Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Key lime

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

Mexican Fox Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.