#kaibab squirrel

[bedupolker]

More random rodentia (pack rats, grasshopper mouse, kaibab squirrel, kangaroo rat, deer mices)

[vintagewildlife]

Kaibab squirrel By: John X. Sundance From: The World Conservation Yearbook 1976

[we-die-like-fools]

some squirrel blinkies for my two favorite squirrel species :) + pinecones

f2u! creds not needed (this includes being re-uploaded to hoarding blogs, being edited, being re-colored, etc.), but creds very appreciated :) Just please don't claim as your own!

[nature-nerd-sarah]

Another very small animal enclosure for the Inner City Zoo! This time, it's squirrels. These little grey fellows with their white tails will surely entertain visitors as they climb and play in the trees of their cage.

[vintagewildlife]

Kaibab squirrel By: Willis Peterson From: The World Conservation Yearbook 1976

[vintagewildlife]

Conservationist releasing a Kaibab squirrel By: C. C. Lockwood From: The World Conservation Yearbook 1976

[ainawgsd]

Rodents of North America illustrated by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. 

[histsciart]

Wild Animals of North America

Abert's Squirrel (Sciurus aberti) and Kaibab Squirrel (Sciurus aberti kaibabensis) are competing for best ear tufts! Abert’s Squirrels lose their ear tufts and winter coats in the summer, and their favorite foods come from the Ponderosa pine trees. Kaibab Squirrels live only on the Kaibab Plateau of the Grand Canyon, and they are afforded strict protection because of their small habitat. They became separated from the Abert’s Squirrels, their closest relative, as the Grand Canyon developed. Learn more about Abert’s Squirrels and Kaibab Squirrels thanks to the National Park Service.

This week’s book feature is Wild Animals of North America (c1918) by Edward William Nelson, with illustrations by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. A complete digital copy of this work is in Biodiversity Heritage Library with thanks to American Museum of Natural History Library (@amnhnyc), who contributed it for digitization.