#0149 · 🦊 mammals

Caucasian Squirrel

🇳🇱 Kaukasuseekhoorn ·Sciurus anomalus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The Caucasian squirrel , or Persian squirrel , ( Sciurus anomalus ) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in south-western Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,092iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,092 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1778 (248 years ago).