#0079 · 🦊 mammals

American Red Squirrel

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Rode Eekhoorn ·Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The American red squirrel ( Tamiasciurus hudsonicus ) is one of three species of tree squirrel currently classified in the genus Tamiasciurus , known as the pine squirrels (the others are the Douglas squirrel, T. douglasii , and Mearns's squirrel, T. mearnsi ). American red squirrels are also referred to as pine squirrels , North American red squirrels , and chickarees . They are medium-sized (200–250 g) diurnal mammals that defend a year-round exclusive territory. The diet of these tree squirrels is specialized on the...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 103,417iNaturalist 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.
103,417 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777 (249 years ago).