Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
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Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
The American Red Squirrel is one of two species of tree squirrel currently classified in the genus Tamiasciurus and known as pine squirrels (the other is the Douglas squirrel (T. douglasii).
It is a medium sized (200–250 g) diurnal mammal that defends a year-round exclusive territory.
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Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
The diet of these tree squirrels is specialized on the seeds of conifer cones.
American Red Squirrels are also referred to as Pine Squirrels, North American Red Squirrels and Chickarees.
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Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
The specific epithet hudsonicus refers to Hudson Bay, Canada, where the species was first catalogued by Erxleben in 1771.
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Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)