Taxidermy Red Squirrel
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Latin: Sciurus vulgaris
Description: Modern adult specimen mounted on drift wood.
The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia. In Great Britain, Italy and Ireland, numbers have decreased drastically in recent years, a decline associated with the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel from North America, though habitat loss is a major factor. During mating, males detect females that are in ?strus by an odor that they produce, and although there is no courtship, the male will chase the female for up to an hour prior to mating. Usually multiple males will chase a single female until the dominant male, usually the largest in the group, mates with the female. Females must reach a minimum body mass before they enter ?strus, and heavy females on average produce more young.