Tree squirrel
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Tree squirrels are the members of the squirrel family commonly just referred to as "squirrels". They include more than 100 arboreal species native to all continents except Antarctica and Oceania.
Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)
American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
Ground squirrel
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Ground squirrels are rodents of the squirrel family that generally live on the ground or in burrows, rather than in trees like the tree squirrels. The term is most often used for the medium-sized grou
Tree squirrel
…Antarctica and Oceania. They do not form a single natural, or monophyletic, group; they are variously related to others in the squirrel family, including ground squirrels, flying squirrels, marmots, and chipmunks. The defining characteristic used to determine which species of Sciuridae are tree squirrels is dependent on…
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A 20,000-year-old Arctic ground squirrel mummy
A California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) in a tree
A watchful "rock chuck" or yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) atop Mount Dana, Yosemite National Park in California