🐿️American red squirrel
아메리카붉은청서(영어: American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)는 다람쥐과에 속하는 설치류의 일종이다. 타미아스키우루스속에 속하는 3종의 나무 다람쥐의 하나로 나머지 종은 더글라스다람쥐청서와 먼스다람쥐청서이다. 몸무게 200~250g의 중형 크기의 청서류로 낮에 활동하는 주행성 포유류이다. 일년 내내 독점적인 영역에서 활동을 한다. 천적은 여우, 캐나다스라소니, 대형맹금류, 뱀이다.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.21 kg
- Body length
- 0.19 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 12 years
Everything we know about the American red squirrel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.21 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.2 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.19 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass4.36 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan12 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 9.8 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length3.98 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity358 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation37 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 37 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4.2AnAgeAnAge 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 density233 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.2 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 American red squirrel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familySciuridae
- ›genusTamiasciurus
- ›speciesTamiasciurus hudsonicus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- tribeTamiasciurini
- genusTamiasciurus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderSciuromorpha
- familySciuridae
- tribeTamiasciurini
- genusTamiasciurus
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