Red squirrel.
The red squirrel is not actually red, but rather reddish-orange in color. This species of squirrel molts its fur coat twice each year. The summer coat appears in. late spring and is brownish red on the back and sides and white on the belly. The tail is reddish on top and gray underneath. A ring of white fur around the eye is characteristic of this species. The winter coat comes in by September and is denser and longer than the summer fur. In winter, a red stripe stretches from neck to tail and the tail fur becomes more reddish on top. The genus name comes from two words, one of which means shade-tail (Sciurus). The species name refers to the fact that. this species was first discovered on Hudson Bay. The red squirrel is a small arboreal squirrel, smaller than the gray. squirrel or the fox squirrel, and weighing an average of only 11 ounces (300 grams). The red squirrel's head and body are. about 7 to 8 inches (18-20 cm) long and its tail is about 4 to 6 inches (10-15 cm) long From its nose to the tip of its tail, the red squirrel may be as much as a meter (39 inches) long. The body of an adult red squirrel ranges from 45 to 70 cm (18 to 28 inches) long and the tail from 20 to 35 cm (8 to 14 inches) long. Red squirrels are also known as fox squirrels, stump-eared squirrels, raccoon squirrels, and monkey-faced squirrels. They are often mistaken for Eastern gray squirrels, despite the fact that the “red” squirrel has a reddish coat on its back, red and black on its tail, and rust-colored fur on its legs. The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, omnivorous rodent. In Great Britain, Italy and Ireland, numbers have decreased drastically in recent years. Males and females are the same size, which means that the species is not sexually dimorphic. (The red squirrel is somewhat smaller than the eastern grey squirrel which has a head-and-body length of 25 to 30 cm (9.5 to 12 in) and weighs between 400 and 800 g (14 oz to 1.8 lb).). The fox squirrel is one of four squirrel species in Ohio; gray, red, and flying squirrels are the other three. Of the four, the fox squirrel is the largest. Fox squirrels were not originally inhabitants of Ohio. Description. The fox squirrel is much more orange in appearance than the gray squirrel with which it is sometimes confused. Its body is a yellowish-gray with reddish-yellow cheeks, face, and feet. The belly is pale yellow to orange in color. Tufts behind the ears and the tips of its tail are yellowish-brown. The red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus endemic to Central and South America. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.  Click on the images for a larger view. The red squirrel is a small squirrel with reddish to reddish-gray fur on top and a white or cream underside. It has white around its eyes. Its tail is not as long or bushy as the tail of other tree squirrels. In the summer, the red squirrel may have a black stripe on its sides. Its curved front claws and powerful hind legs make it a very good climber and jumper! The red squirrel can be found in most parts of Alaska and Canada. This is a guide to distinguish the state threatened western gray squirrel from other native tree squirrels (Douglas', red, and flying) and from three non-native species (eastern gray, eastern fox, and California ground squirrels) with which they can be readily confused. Western gray squirrels are the largest native tree squirrel in Washington. They are steel gray on the back with contrasting white on the belly and throat resulting in the name silver gray squirrel in some parts of their range.
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