Red squirrel

Red squirrel
	Red squirrel in winter coat near Alverstone, Isle of Wight
	Red squirrel in summer coat in Warsaw, Poland
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Sciurus
Species:	S. vulgaris
Binomial name
	Sciurus vulgaris; Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies
	23 recognized, see text
	Red squirrel range

The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), also called Eurasian red squirrel, is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It is an arboreal and primarily herbivorous rodent and common throughout Eurasia.

^ Shar, S.; Lkhagvasuren, D.; Bertolino, S.; Henttonen, H.; Kryštufek, B. & Meinig, H. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Sciurus vulgaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20025A115155900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20025A22245887.en. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
^ Thorington, R.W. Jr; Hoffman, R.S. (2005). "Sciurus (Sciurus) vulgaris". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 764. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn-1] Shar, S.; Lkhagvasuren, D.; Bertolino, S.; Henttonen, H.; Kryštufek, B. & Meinig, H. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Sciurus vulgaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20025A115155900. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T20025A22245887.en. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

[Thorington-2] Thorington, R.W. Jr; Hoffman, R.S. (2005). "Sciurus (Sciurus) vulgaris". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 764. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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