Tamiasciurus mearnsi Townsend 1897

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 766

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scientific name	Tamiasciurus mearnsi Townsend 1897
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Tamiasciurus mearnsi Townsend 1897 , 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 .