DELMARVA PENINSULA FOX SQUIRREL 



Sciurvs niger cinereus Linnaeus 



KINGDOM Animalia 



CLASS Mammalia 



ORDER Rodentia 



FAMILY Sciuridae 



OTHER COMMON 



NAMES Bryant's fox squirrel, 



peninsula fox squirrel, stump-eared squirrel. 



DATE 



Entered into SWIS to be determined 



Updates 30 September 1978 



LEGAL STATUS 



Federal: Endangered (32 FR 4001; 11 Mar. 

 1967). 



States: Endangered: Maryland. 



REASONS FOR CURRENT STATUS 



Primary factors for current status are destruc- 

 tion of habitat from timber cutting, agricultural 

 clearing, construction, development (Flyger 1964; 

 lUCN 1972; Taylor and Flyger 1973; USFWS 

 1973; DFSRT draft); and competition with the 

 gray squirrel [Sciurus carolinensis) in areas of sub- 

 optimal habitat. Minor mortality results from 

 hunt kills and road kills (Delmarva Fox Squirrel 

 Recovery Team [DFSRT] draft). 



PRIORITY INDEX 



Not assigned. 



DESCRIPTION 



The Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel is a fairly 

 large squirrel (larger than gray squirrel) with pelage 

 a uniform light grizzled-grayish with steel-blue 

 cast dorsally and white ventrally. The feet are 

 white and the tail has a pronounced black 



