🐿️Eurasian Red Squirrel
Das Eurasische Eichhörnchen (Sciurus vulgaris), häufig nur als Eichhörnchen bekannt, ist ein Nagetier aus der Familie der Hörnchen (Sciuridae). Es ist der einzige natürlich in Mitteleuropa vorkommende Vertreter aus der Gattung der Eichhörnchen und wird zur Unterscheidung von anderen Arten wie dem Kaukasischen Eichhörnchen und dem in Europa eingebürgerten Grauhörnchen auch als Europäisches Eichhörnchen bezeichnet. Regionale Bezeichnungen des Tieres sind Eichkätzchen, Eichkatz(er)l, Eichkater, überdies – umgesetzt aus der jeweiligen Mundartform – Eicher(li) (Schweiz), Eichhase (Österreich), Baumfuchs (Hessen), Konradchen (Nassau), Eichhalm (Württemberg) sowie niederdeutsch Katteker (Katzeicher) und Ekenaape (Eichenaffe). Zur nicht restlos geklärten Wortherkunft siehe Artikel Eichhörnchen.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.
- Body mass
- 0.33 kg
- Body length
- 0.21 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 15 years
Everything we know about the Eurasian Red Squirrel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.33 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.6 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.21 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass6.03 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan15 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 15 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length4.42 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity361 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation38 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 38 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.05 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density33 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Eurasian Red Squirrel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familySciuridae
- ›genusSciurus
- ›speciesSciurus vulgaris
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- familySciuridae
- tribeSciurini
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderSciuromorpha
- familySciuridae
- tribeSciurini
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