Tamiasciurus mearnsi Townsend 1897
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Tamiasciurus mearnsi Townsend 1897 View in CoL
Tamiasciurus mearnsi Townsend 1897 View in CoL , Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 11: 146.
Type Locality: "San Pedro Martir Mountains, Lower California (altitude about 7,000 feet)" [Baja California Norte, Mexico, 2134 m].
Vernacular Names: Mearns's Squirrel.
Distribution: Sierra San Pedro Martir Mtns (Baja California Norte, Mexico).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Formerly included in douglasii ; see Lindsay (1981). Arbogast et al. (2001) found that mitochondrial DNA differed only slightly among the three species of Tamiasciurus .
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