The variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern...
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The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), also known as the eastern fox squirrel or Bryant's fox squirrel, is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North...
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eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), also known, particularly outside of North America, as simply the grey squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus...
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the pine squirrels (the others are the Douglas squirrel, T. douglasii, and the southwestern red squirrel, T. fremonti). The American red squirrel is variously...
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The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Europe and Asia. The...
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The Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) is a pine squirrel found in western North America, from the Pacific Northwest (including the northwestern...
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family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squirrels are indigenous to...
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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...
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Sciurus (category Squirrel stubs)
meridionalis Mexican fox squirrel, Sciurus nayaritensis Fox squirrel, Sciurus niger Peters's squirrel, Sciurus oculatus Variegated squirrel, Sciurus variegatoides...
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The tufted ground squirrel or groove-toothed squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is the sole species...
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variegated squirrel S. variegatoides), and thus the present species was renamed. There are nine recognized subspecies, including the Kaibab squirrel (S...
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Douglas squirrel T. d. mearnsi — Mearns's squirrel Tamiasciurus fremonti — southwestern red squirrel T. f. grahamensis — Mount Graham red squirrel Tamiasciurus...
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Deppe's squirrel (Sciurus deppei) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico...
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Junín red squirrel (Sciurus pyrrhinus) is a species of squirrel from Peru and Ecuador. The Junín red squirrel is a relatively large tree squirrel, having...
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The Calabrian black squirrel (Sciurus meridionalis) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus, endemic to the forests of the regions of Calabria...
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The Mexican gray squirrel (or red-bellied squirrel) (Sciurus aureogaster) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus native to Guatemala and eastern and...
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Europe's grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) originated in North America, where they are known as eastern gray squirrels (to differentiate from western...
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Peters's squirrel (Sciurus oculatus) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to Mexico. It was first described by the German naturalist and explorer...
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The Brazilian squirrel (Sciurus aestuans), or Guianan squirrel, is a species of tree squirrel endemic to South America. It is found in south-eastern Colombia...
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The western dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus mimulus) is a small tree squirrel in the genus Microsciurus and tribe Sciurini found in Colombia, Ecuador, and...
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dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventer) is a chipmunk-sized tree squirrel native to South America. As its name suggests, the Amazon dwarf squirrel is relatively...
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The fiery squirrel (Sciurus flammifer) is a rodent in the family Sciuridae. The taxon is endemic to the area south of the Orinoco River in the state of...
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The Caucasian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) or Persian squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests...
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The Andean squirrel (Sciurus pucheranii) is a tree squirrel endemic to Colombia where it inhabits montane rain forest and cloud forests of the Cordillera...
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The red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) is a species of tree squirrel distributed from southern Central America to northern South America. It is...
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The Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to Japan. It was described by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck...
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oculatus Variegated squirrel, S. variegatoides Eurasian red squirrel, S. vulgaris Yucatan squirrel, S. yucatanensis Subgenus Otosciurus Abert's squirrel, S...
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(Sciurus carolinensis). The Yucatan squirrel, Collie's squirrel (S. colliaei), and the variegated squirrel (S. variegatoides) have similar fur colours and patterns...
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Sanborn's squirrel (Sciurus sanborni) is or was a little known tree squirrel described in 1944 from the skin and skeleton of a single female specimen collected...
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Schmidt-Chanasit, J; Reusken, CB; Beer, M; Hoffmann, B (2017). "Variegated Squirrel Bornavirus 1 in Squirrels, Germany and the Netherlands". Emerg Infect Dis. 23...
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