Mexican gray squirrel


The Mexican gray squirrel is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to Guatemala and eastern and southern Mexico. It has been introduced to the Florida Keys.
The alternate name of this squirrel should not be confused with the Indonesian red-bellied squirrel or the Asian red-bellied tree squirrel.
Sciurus aureogaster most often chooses West Indian mahogany trees to build nests. However, since the introduction of the species to Florida in the late 1930s, its nesting locations have become more irregular, nesting in varying species of trees and even choosing to nest in hurricane debris.
The two subspecies each have many synonyms associated with them: