Fox squirrel
| Fox squirrel Temporal range: Middle Holocene–present (7,000–0 YBP) | |
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| Fox squirrel in J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Sciurus |
| Subgenus: | Sciurus |
| Species: | S. niger |
| Binomial name | |
| Sciurus niger | |
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| Fox squirrel's range (excludes introduced populations) | |
The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), also known as the eastern fox squirrel or Bryant's fox squirrel, is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America. It is sometimes mistaken for the American red squirrel or eastern gray squirrel in areas where the species co-exist, though they differ in size and coloration.