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Red squirrel
Species of tree squirrel common in Europe and Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Eurasian species of squirrel. For the North American species of squirrel commonly known as the red squirrel, see American red squirrel. For other uses, see Red squirrel (disambiguation).
The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Europe and Asia. The red squirrel is an arboreal and primarily herbivorous rodent.
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Red squirrel | |
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Near Alverstone, Isle of Wight | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Sciurus |
Species: | S. vulgaris |
Binomial name | |
Sciurus vulgaris | |
Subspecies[2] | |
23 recognized, see text | |
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