🐿️Fox squirrel
Iso-orava tai joskus englantilaisittain kettuorava (Sciurus niger) on oravien heimoon kuuluva eläinlaji ja Pohjois-Amerikan suurikokoisin orava. Lajiepiteetti niger viittaa sen turkin tummanruskeaan tai mustaan väritykseen.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.8 kg
- Body length
- 0.42 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 16 years
Everything we know about the Fox squirrel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.8 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.8 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.42 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass8.38 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan16 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 16 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.41 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity355 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation44 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 44 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.23 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density6.32 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.8 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 Fox squirrel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familySciuridae
- ›genusSciurus
- ›speciesSciurus niger
- 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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