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SpeciesRodentiaSciuridae
Mammals

🐿️Eurasian Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758

キタリス(北栗鼠、Sciurus vulgaris)は、ネズミ目(齧歯目)リス科リス属に分類されるリスの一種。

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vs you
≈ 1/190th of your weight
Also called
red squirrel, Red Squirrel
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

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 mass
0.33 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 0.6 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.21 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Brain mass
6.03 g
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
15 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 15 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
4.42 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
361 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Gestation
38 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 38 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 4
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Home range
0.05 km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Population density
33 per km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.3 Laverage
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familySciuridae
  6. ›genusSciurus
  7. ›speciesSciurus vulgaris
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderRodents · Rodentia
  3. familySciuridae
  4. tribeSciurini
All 14 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderEuarchontoglires
  11. orderRodents · Rodentia
  12. suborderSciuromorpha
  13. familySciuridae
  14. tribeSciurini
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More about the Eurasian Red Squirrel

Closest relative on this site
🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel — last shared an ancestor ≈ 10 million years ago.
What it eats
seeds and grain50%
leaves, roots and other plants30%
fruit20%
In other languages
ekorn (nb), 松鼠 (zh), veverka obecná (cs), Eichhoernchen (de), Sciurus vulgaris (es), orava (fi) … and 25 more languages

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