Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben, 1777)
Red Squirrel
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1: Vertebrate
Sublevel 2: Mammal
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Tamiasciurus
Species: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Native
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
Rarity Designations: None
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Heterotroph
HABITAT
PHOTOS OF Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2006-04-28
Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2006-04-28
Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2006-04-28
Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2011-06-19
Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2003-03-22
Feeding activity: pile of white pine cone scales (minus the seeds, which were eaten)
Essex County, MA
Date: 2004-04-16