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Eurasian Red Squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris - Eekhoorn (Euraziatische Rode Eekhoorn)
Palearctic region.
The following 22 subspecies are being recognized:
Sciurus vulgaris eucourus - Great Britain and Ireland;
Sciurus vulgaris varius - North-Scandinavia;
Sciurus vulgaris vulgaris - South-Scandinavia;
Sciurus vulgaris cinerea - Central-Europe;
Sciurus vulgaris alpina - Iberian Peninsula, South-France and Italy;
Sciurus vulgaris lilaeus - West-Balkan Peninsula;
Sciurus vulgaris balcanicus - East-Balkan Peninsula;
Sciurus vulgaris fedjushini - Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia;
Sciurus vulgaris ukrainicus - Ukraine;
Sciurus vulgaris formosovi - Northwest-Russia;
Sciurus vulgaris ognevi - West-Russia;
Sciurus vulgaris martensi - West-Siberia to west of Ob River (Russia);
Sciurus vulgaris exalbidus - West-Siberia east of the Ob River (Russia);
Sciurus vulgaris anadyrensis - Far North-Russia across Siberia;
Sciurus vulgaris arcticus - Boreal Siberia to the Lena River (Russia);
Sciurus vulgaris dulkeiti - Amur region of East-Siberia to include Shantar Island (Russia);
Sciurus vulgaris altaicus - Altai of East-Russia, North-Mongolia and Northwest-China;
Sciurus vulgaris fusconigricans - Mongolia and China;
Sciurus vulgaris chiliensis - East-China;
Sciurus vulgaris mantchuricus - Northeast-China and Korean Peninsula;
Sciurus vulgaris rupestris - Sakhalin Island (Russia);
Sciurus vulgaris orientis - Hokkaido (Japan).
Of this species there are no Zoo photo's available.
Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris cinerea |
Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris cinerea |
Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris vulgaris |
Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris vulgaris |