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
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.
- 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.
- 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.
How to cite this account
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2913. https://cavebiology.org/species/sciurus-carolinensis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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