Yucatán Channel many of these died. Some recolonisation has since taken place. The Campeche Bank is a biodiverse area and it and other parts of the Yucatán Channel are heavily fished by artisan fishermen who converge on the area from along the coast of Mexico. The area is threatened by over exploitation. Yucatán Channel The Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán (Spanish: "Canal de Yucatán") is a strait between Mexico and Cuba. It connects the Yucatán Basin of the Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Mexico. It is just over wide and nearly deep at its deepest point near the coast of
Yucatan squirrel the variety to species rank were not more appropriate, based on the observed distinctiveness. Allen first coined it as the Yucatan gray squirrel. "S. yucatanensis" ssp. "baliolus" was published by E. W. Nelson in 1901 based on a specimen from Apazote, Campeche, Mexico. "S. yucatanensis" ssp. "phaeopus" was published by George G. Goodwin in 1932 based on 11 specimens collected in Secanquim and Finca Chamá, in Alta Verapaz, in Guatemala. Three subspecies are recognised: Yucatan squirrel The Yucatan squirrel ("Sciurus yucatanensis") is a tree squirrel in the genus "Sciurus" found in the Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent areas. It is native