#0185 · 🦊 mammals

Calabrian Black Squirrel

Sciurus meridionalis

NTnear threatened 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ralf Bürglin · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Gianluca Congi🪶🦆🌲 · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Agnete · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. San Giovanni:© Gianluca Congi🪶🦆🌲 · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Provincia di Cosenza, Italia:© alessandromercogliano · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. San Giovanni:© Gianluca Congi🪶🦆🌲 · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. SP3, 89057 San Roberto RC, Italia:© carla corazza · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Germano:© Gianluca Congi🪶🦆🌲 · CC BY-SA 4.0
9. 87055 San Giovanni in Fiore CS, Italia:© Gianluca Congi🪶🦆🌲 · CC BY-SA 4.0
10. 87055 San Giovanni in Fiore CS, Italia:© Gianluca Congi🪶🦆🌲 · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Calabrian black squirrel ( Sciurus meridionalis ) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus , endemic to the forests of the regions of Calabria and Basilicata, in the south of the Italian Peninsula. It has been long considered a subspecies of Sciurus vulgaris , the Eurasian red squirrel, but a 2017 scientific survey brought genetic evidence of being a distinct species.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 232iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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.
232 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Armando Lucifero in 1907 (119 years ago).