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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 /> <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=1761782410&Signature=lpzEjhZKX2emLfggVYyQJGwsnLM%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><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56976/american_red_squirrel.html" title="American Red Squirrel"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/56976_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1761782410&Signature=q94ZKbBFQd8ynjZh1uZn1%2B1r47k%3D" width="200" height="144" 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/56975/american_red_squirrel.html American Red Squirrel,American red squirrel,Geotagged,Spring,Tamiasciurus hudsonicus,United States,squirrel" /></a></figure> American red squirrel,Geotagged,Spring,Tamiasciurus hudsonicus,United States Click/tap to enlarge

American Red Squirrel - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

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 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

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/56975/american_red_squirrel.html American Red Squirrel,American red squirrel,Geotagged,Spring,Tamiasciurus hudsonicus,United States,squirrel

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    Patomarazul
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    Always cute! Posted 6 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Agree! And, they have very big personalities! Posted 6 years ago
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        Patomarazul
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        They are a bit more tame in US than the ones we have here, which are more difficult to see. I miss them and the chipmunks! Posted 6 years ago
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          On one of my favorite hikes, there is a tree that always has red squirrels in it. They stop whatever they are doing to yell at me the entire time that I am near their tree ;P Posted 6 years ago

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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 Dec 19, 2018. Captured Apr 29, 2017 14:40 in 1-37 Parker St, Coventry, RI 02816, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/8.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO400
  • 300mm