Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Family | Sciuridae |
| Genus | Sciurus |
| Species | Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky
Counties
- Alabama
- Madison
- Arkansas
- Stone
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2018.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
- British Columbia
- SNA Not Applicable
- New Brunswick
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- Alberta
- SNA Not Applicable
- Saskatchewan
- SNA Not Applicable
- Nova Scotia
- SNA Not Applicable
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S5 Secure
- Montana
- SNA Not Applicable
- Delaware
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- Florida
- SNR Unranked
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Wyoming
- SNA Not Applicable
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Oregon
- SNA Not Applicable
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- South Dakota
- SU Unrankable
- New Hampshire
- S5 Secure
- North Dakota
- SNR Unranked
- Washington
- SNA Not Applicable
- Maine
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- Nebraska
- S4 Apparently Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- New York
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- S5 Secure
- Connecticut
- S5 Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- New Jersey
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- S5 Secure
- Idaho
- SNA Not Applicable
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Rhode Island
- S5 Secure
Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
References
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726. details
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22. details
- Pylka, J.M. 1957. Cave vertebrates of Florida. The Florida Speleologist 1: 6–7.
- Rheams, K.F., Moser, P.H. & McGregor, S.W. 1992. Geologic, hydrologic, and biologic investigations in Arrowwood, Bobcat, Matthews, and Shelta caves and selected caves, Madison, County, Alabama. Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. 262 pp.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.
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