#0008 · 🦊 mammals
Eurasian Red Squirrel
🇳🇱 Rode eekhoorn ·Sciurus vulgaris
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what is it?
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.
base stats
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
- Spotted 712 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #8 most seen of the mammals in NL.
- 97,829 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eurasian Red Squirrel
- Nederlands
- Rode eekhoorn
- scientific name
- Sciurus vulgaris
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Sciuridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- in NL
- native
- sightings in NL
- 712
- sightings in Europe
- 78,357
- sightings worldwide
- 97,829
- GBIF records in NL
- 119,429
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Sciuridae
#0033 📷 8Siberian Chipmunk
🇳🇱 Koreaanse Grondeekhoorn
Eutamias sibiricus
LC 👀 26 in NL
#0075 📷 10Eastern Gray Squirrel
🇳🇱 Noord-Amerikaanse grijze eekhoorn
Sciurus carolinensis
LC 🌍 418.6k seen
#0199 📷 9Eastern Fox Squirrel
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse voseekhoorn
Sciurus niger
LC 🌍 173.4k seen
#0078 📷 10Eastern Chipmunk
🇳🇱 Oostelijke Wangzakeekhoorn
Tamias striatus
LC 🌍 112.8k seen
#0079 📷 10American Red Squirrel
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Rode Eekhoorn
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
LC 🌍 103.4k seen
#0203 📷 10Groundhog
🇳🇱 Bosmarmot
Marmota monax
LC 🌍 67.1k seen
#0204 📷 7California Ground Squirrel
🇳🇱 Californische Grondeekhoorn
Otospermophilus beecheyi
LC 🌍 65.1k seen
#0217 📷 10Rock Squirrel
🇳🇱 Rotsgrondeekhoorn
Otospermophilus variegatus
LC 🌍 30.1k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 46001, Wikidata Q4388, GBIF 8211070, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.