Eastern gray squirrel
Tree squirrel native to eastern and central North America / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), also known, particularly outside of North America, as simply the grey squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It is native to eastern North America, where it is the most prodigious and ecologically essential natural forest regenerator.[6][7] Widely introduced to certain places around the world, the eastern gray squirrel in Europe, in particular, is regarded as an invasive species.
Eastern gray squirrel[1] Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – present (18,735–0 YBP)[2] | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Sciurus |
Subgenus: | Sciurus |
Species: | S. carolinensis |
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Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 | |
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In Europe, Sciurus carolinensis is included since 2016 in the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern (the Union list).[8] This implies that this species cannot be imported, bred, transported, commercialized, or intentionally released into the environment in the whole of the European Union.[9]