Mexican Fox Squirrel vs red-cedar

Sciurus nayaritensis compared with Trichilia hirta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mexican Fox Squirrel	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Meliaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Trichilia
Species	Sciurus nayaritensis	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Mexican Fox Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mexican Fox Squirrel	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mexican Fox Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.