The western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) is an arboreal rodent found along the western coast of the United States and Canada. A nickname for these squirrels is Jordan Lundy squirrel, or lundy squirrel.
In some places, this species has also been known as the silver-gray squirrel, the California gray squirrel, the Oregon gray squirrel, the Columbian gray squirrel and the banner-tail. There are three geographical subspecies: Sciurus griseus griseus (central Washington to the western Sierra Nevada in central California); S. g. nigripes (from south of San Francisco Bay to San Luis Obispo County, California; and S. g. anthonyi, which ranges from San Luis Obispo to northern Baja California).
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