🐿️American red squirrel
De Amerikaanse rode eekhoorn (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) is een zoogdier uit de familie van de eekhoorns (Sciuridae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777.
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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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