#0231 · 🦊 mammals

Douglas's Squirrel

🇳🇱 Douglaseekhoorn ·Tamiasciurus douglasii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © mfarnworth · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © dutchbaby · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Carol Blaney · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ken McMillan · CC BY 4.0
5. © C.V. Vick · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Ina Siebert · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Roche Point Park, North Vancouver, BC, CA:© Kate McKeown · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Redmond, WA, USA:© song_dog · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Warrenton, OR, USA:© Stanley Wood · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Malheur National Forest, Burns, OR, US:© Colton Veltkamp · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Douglas squirrel ( Tamiasciurus douglasii ) is a pine squirrel found in the Pacific coastal states of the United States as well as the southwestern coast of British Columbia in Canada. It is sometimes known as the chickaree or pine squirrel , although these names are also used for the American red squirrel. Variant spellings of the common name are Douglas' squirrel and Douglas's squirrel . The Native Americans of Kings River called it the "Pillillooeet", in imitation of...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,189iNaturalist 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.
20,189 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Bachman in 1880 (146 years ago).