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American Red Squirrel Small squirrel with reddish fur and a white venter. They are very noisy and highly territorial.<br /> <br /> Red squirrels are known to tap sugar maple trees to harvest the sugar in the sap. To do this, they actually bite into the tree trunk in order to puncture the xylem. <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71135/american_red_squirrel_-_tamiasciurus_hudsonicus.html" title="American Red Squirrel - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/71135_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=CItCgWMV5mAic9eDtSpqXqJATkg%3D" width="108" height="152" alt="American Red Squirrel - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Small squirrel with reddish fur and a white venter. They are very noisy and highly territorial.<br /> <br /> Red squirrels are known to tap sugar maple trees to harvest the sugar in the sap. To do this, they actually bite into the tree trunk in order to puncture the xylem.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56975/american_red_squirrel.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56976/american_red_squirrel.html American red squirrel,Geotagged,Spring,Tamiasciurus hudsonicus,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56975/american_red_squirrel.html" title="American Red Squirrel"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/56975_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=sWQim%2B2VKUe6IaLFWAs446bqWaI%3D" width="200" height="160" alt="American Red Squirrel Small squirrel with reddish fur and a white venter. They are very noisy and highly territorial.<br /> <br /> Red squirrels are known to tap sugar maple trees to harvest the sugar in the sap. To do this, they actually bite into the tree trunk in order to puncture the xylem.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71135/american_red_squirrel_-_tamiasciurus_hudsonicus.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56976/american_red_squirrel.html American Red Squirrel,American red squirrel,Geotagged,Spring,Tamiasciurus hudsonicus,United States,squirrel" /></a></figure> American Red Squirrel,American red squirrel,Geotagged,Spring,Tamiasciurus hudsonicus,United States,squirrel Click/tap to enlarge

American Red Squirrel

Small squirrel with reddish fur and a white venter. They are very noisy and highly territorial.

Red squirrels are known to tap sugar maple trees to harvest the sugar in the sap. To do this, they actually bite into the tree trunk in order to puncture the xylem.

American Red Squirrel - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Small squirrel with reddish fur and a white venter. They are very noisy and highly territorial.<br /> <br /> Red squirrels are known to tap sugar maple trees to harvest the sugar in the sap. To do this, they actually bite into the tree trunk in order to puncture the xylem.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56975/american_red_squirrel.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56976/american_red_squirrel.html American red squirrel,Geotagged,Spring,Tamiasciurus hudsonicus,United States

American Red Squirrel Small squirrel with reddish fur and a white venter. They are very noisy and highly territorial.<br /> <br /> Red squirrels are known to tap sugar maple trees to harvest the sugar in the sap. To do this, they actually bite into the tree trunk in order to puncture the xylem.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71135/american_red_squirrel_-_tamiasciurus_hudsonicus.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56976/american_red_squirrel.html American Red Squirrel,American red squirrel,Geotagged,Spring,Tamiasciurus hudsonicus,United States,squirrel

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The American red squirrel

The American red squirrel is one of three species of tree squirrel currently classified in the genus ''Tamiasciurus'' and known as pine squirrels. American red squirrels are also referred to as pine squirrels, North American red squirrels, and chickarees.

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Uploaded Feb 1, 2018. Captured Apr 29, 2017 14:51 in 55 Locust St, Coventry, RI 02816, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/8.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO320
  • 300mm

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