Fox squirrels reach the far western edge of their range in Wyoming, confined mostly to the cottonwood-lined streams and isolated woodlots of the state’s eastern high plains, with Devils Tower National Monument’s riparian corridor anchoring the named record.
Records show three separate bumps, February through April and again in July, rather than one clean season, a pattern that likely tracks scattered survey timing more than a true seasonal cycle, since this squirrel stays active through Wyoming’s cold months rather than hibernating. Every one of the state’s 254 records comes through GBIF specimen data, and NatureServe lists the species SNA, not applicable, in Wyoming, a status usually reserved for populations too marginal or recently established to formally rank.
