🐿️Eastern gray squirrel
The eastern gray squirrel, spelled as grey squirrel outside of the United States, is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It is native to eastern North America, where it is the most prodigious and ecologically essential natural forest regenerator. Widely introduced to certain places around the world, the eastern gray squirrel in Europe, in particular, is regarded as an invasive species.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 0.54 kg
- Body length
- 0.32 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 24 years
Everything we know about the Eastern gray squirrel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.54 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.53 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.32 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass7.5 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan24 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length7.61 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity338 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation44 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.01 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density690 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.5 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 Eastern gray squirrel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familySciuridae
- ›genusSciurus
- ›speciesSciurus carolinensis
- 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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