Subject: Rock Squirrel, Sciurus variegatus

Synonym: Citellus variegatus

Location: Dripping Spring, New Mexico

Stock Number: 06-24866

Comments: To an easterner's eyes, this looked very much like the Eastern Gray Squirrel, but the habitat did not: not a tree in sight!

Related image: Another squirrel whose scientific name refers to the quality of being variegated is Sciurus variegatoides.