page_title: Kaibab squirrel
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Kaibab squirrel / Description
caption_attribution_description: (3456 x 2670) The Kaibab Squirrel (Sciurus aberti kaibabensis) is found only on the Kaibab Plateau in Northern Arizona, including the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The squirrel is entirely dependent upon Ponderosa Pines for food and habitat. Photo taken near the Grand Canyon Lodge. NPS Photo by Allyson Mathis
context_page_description: The Kaibab squirrel is a tassel-eared squirrel that lives in the Kaibab Plateau in the Southwest United States, in an area of 20 by 40 miles. The squirrel's habitat is confined entirely to the ponderosa pine forests of the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and the northern section of Kaibab National Forest around the town of Jacob Lake, Arizona.
  This squirrel is not found anywhere else in the world. In 1965, 200,000 acres of Kaibab squirrel habitat within Grand Canyon National Park and Kaibab National Forest were declared the Kaibab Squirrel National Natural Landmark.
context_section_description: Kaibab squirrels usually have a black belly (which is sometimes gray), white tail, tufted ears and chestnut brown head. The tufts on the ears grow longer with age and may extend 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) above the ears in the winter, and may not be visible in the summer.
caption: Kaibab squirrel at Grand Canyon National Park North Rim
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