The Mexican gray squirrel, also known as the red-bellied squirrel, is found in Guatemala and eastern and southern Mexico.
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| We saw this Mexican gray squirrel on the walk from our hotel to Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. It was in the same vicinity as the Inca doves I photographed. |
Its appearance is highly variable, but it typically has salt and pepper upper fur and a rufous belly and flank (side). The rufous color can spread up over the forelimbs and shoulder to form an hour-glass shaped marking over the back.
Another color phase is totally black, with a reddish tint to the underfur on the back and rump.
I love that first photo. They almost seem like cartoon characters--so quick and twitchy and friendly-looking.
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