Red squirrel

Red squirrel
Red squirrel in winter coat near Alverstone, Isle of Wight
Red squirrel in summer coat in Warsaw, Poland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
Species:
S. vulgaris
Binomial name
Sciurus vulgaris
Subspecies[2]

23 recognized, see text

Red squirrel range

The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), also called Eurasian red squirrel, is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It is an arboreal and primarily herbivorous rodent and common throughout Eurasia.

  1. ^ Shar, S.; Lkhagvasuren, D.; Bertolino, S.; Henttonen, H.; Kryštufek, B. & Meinig, H. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Sciurus vulgaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20025A115155900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20025A22245887.en. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  2. ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr; Hoffman, R.S. (2005). "Sciurus (Sciurus) vulgaris". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 764. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.