Western Gray Squirrel

base stats

• NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 22,299iNaturalist 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.
• 🌍22,299 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by George Ord in 1818 (208 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Western Gray Squirrel

Nederlands

Westelijke Grijze Eekhoorn

scientific name

Sciurus griseus

class

Mammalia

order

Rodentia

family

Sciuridae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

0

sightings worldwide

22,299

GBIF records in NL

0

weight

—

length

—

lifespan

—

named

1818 by George Ord

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.