Sciurus vulgaris, Eurasian Red Squirrel

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Kim, Tae-Wook, Choi, Byeong-Jin & Oh, Hong-Shik, 2012, Current status of terrestrial mammals on Jeju Island, Journal of Species Research 1 (2), pp. 249-256 : 253

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2012.1.2.249

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/191C87F5-6F2D-7637-FF64-FE5AD9EFFD43

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Felipe

scientific name

Sciurus vulgaris, Eurasian Red Squirrel
status

 

Sciurus vulgaris, Eurasian Red Squirrel View in CoL

Red squirrels were first reported on Jeju by Oh (2006b), however, the subspecific status is unknown. On the Korean peninsula, red squirrels prefer coniferous forest and this is the main pest species of pine cones. According to the National Park rangers, pet squirrels were released around 2000. Red squirrels are thinly distributed in coniferous forests of southern Jeju.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Sciurus

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