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Eurasian Red Squirrel

species of tree squirrel common throughout Eurasia
Taxon taxon Q4388

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
taxon
Award received
Garden Animal of the Year[2]
Short name
S. vulgaris[12]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Genetic and plastic responses of a northern mammal to climate change[7][8][9]
Diel cycle
diurnality
Gestation period
+38[28]
Has characteristic
viviparity[10]
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern[4]
Indigenous to
Europe[27]
Litter size
+6.5
Longest observed lifespan
+14.8[29]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology
P14880
73851
Parent taxon
Sciurus, Sciurus[5]
Period of lactation
+45
Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic
data deficient
Taxon common name
Ardilla Roja, Ecureuil Roux, Eurasian Red Squirrel, Red Squirrel, Europäisches Eichhörnchen, Eurasisches Eichhörnchen, veverka obecná, euraziatische rode eekhoorn, eekhoorn, écureuil, écureuil rouge, Eichhoernchen, orava, 北松鼠, 松鼠, ekorn, esguil, red squirrel, esguilu, navadna veverica, veverica[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
Taxon name
Sciurus vulgaris[6]
Taxon rank
species[3]
This taxon is source of
miniver[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Red Squirrel en Eurasian Red Squirrel ar سنجاب أحمر cs veverka obecná da Almindeligt egern de Eichkätzchen de Eichhoernchen de Sciurus vulgaris de Katteker de Europäisches Eichhörnchen de Eurasisches Eichhörnchen de Eichkater de Eichhörnchen de Eurasische Eichhörnchen es ardilla roja fa سنجاب قرمز fi orava fi Sciurus vulgaris fr écureuil roux fr Ecureuil Roux
🔖 Identifiers · 71
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85045618
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Squirrel posing.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Sciurus_vulgaris
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID
1001701
AnimalBase ID
429
BBC Things ID
4f468520-30a3-4156-ad38-3a06cfc1f92b
BOLD Systems taxon ID
26232
Baidu Tieba name
松鼠
Belgian Species List ID
4719
BioLib taxon ID
20583
CalPhotos taxon ID
Sciurus+vulgaris
Catalogue of Life ID
79Y2K
Show all 71 identifiers +59
Czech NDOP taxon ID
34415
Dyntaxa ID
102606
EASIN ID
R13699
EBiodiversity ID
98429
EPPO Code
SCIUVU
EUNIS ID for species
11329
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1037909
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/red-squirrel
Fauna Europaea ID
305737
Fauna Europaea New ID
51fbdda8-fdcb-4529-acc6-7785d50e04ae
Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID
MX.48089
Fossilworks taxon ID
104235
Freebase ID
/m/02zf0n
GBIF taxon ID
8211070
GenBank assembly accession number
GCA_902685485.1, GCA_902686455.2
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
esquirol-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0106038
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
ekorn
INaturalist taxon ID
46001
IRMNG ID
11236720
ITIS TSN
632439
IUCN taxon ID
20025, 221730864
Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID
64751
Klexikon article ID
Eichhörnchen
Lille norske leksikon ID
ekorn
MSW ID
12400219
NBIC scientific name ID
47899
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0000005108
NCBI taxonomy ID
55149
NE.se ID
ekorre
NL CR AUT ID
ph548972
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
taxon/8F54CA3B-2500-4EB0-8E1D-1C6F5C0523C3, term/e1580ef2-64dc-4048-99ed-5c36fee48990
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007558087405171
Naturbasen species ID
909/egern
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
139064
Observation.org taxon ID
389
Open Tree of Life ID
286193
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
104235
Postimees topic ID
638
SVKKL authority ID
0280136-veverka-obecna
Salzburgwiki ID
20103
Sequenced genome URL
www.dnazoo.org, www.ensembl.org
TAXREF ID
61153
Tierstimmenarchiv ID
16124
Topic's main category
Category:Sciurus vulgaris
UMLS CUI
C1018515
Uppslagsverket Finland ID
Ekorre
VerbaAlpina ID
C2111
Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID
8496225
Vikidia article ID
fr:Écureuil_roux
Wellcome Collection concept ID
sjzk8vkn
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
02357879-n
Xeno-canto species ID
Sciurus-vulgaris
YSA ID
Y135806
YSO ID
13094
Yale LUX ID
concept/d7d02301-f43f-4ac4-90ed-12e8cdf9ecda
Yle topic ID
18-20502
ZOBODAT taxon ID
26710
ZooBank ID for name or act
D5682DFA-F7CA-4B4A-97FE-F6A4D35ACB44

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🔗 Connections
← Main food source 6
brown bear, cougar, Eurasian lynx, coyote, wolverine, Iberian lynx
Award received 1
Garden Animal of the Year
Described by source 1
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Diel cycle 1
diurnality
Has characteristic 1
viviparity
IUCN conservation status 1
Least Concern
Indigenous to 1
Europe
Instance of 1
taxon
Taxon rank 1
species
← Foods traditionally associated 1
brown bear
← Has natural reservoir 1
sodoku
← Official symbol 1
South Ostrobothnia
← SNARC ID 1
Pingtung City
← Species kept 1
Belfast Zoo
← Taxon found at location 1
Mercantour National Park
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Summary

Eurasian Red Squirrel is a taxon[1].

FAQs

What awards did Eurasian Red Squirrel receive?

Honors received include Garden Animal of the Year[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . sielmann-stiftung.de. sielmann-stiftung.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . The Dictionary of Fashion History. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Enwebb · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'ban', 'bar', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'be
    IUCN taxon ID → 20025, 221730864
    Sitelink count → 111
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||en */ IUCN taxon ID + status ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/67efe3b45ec|details]])"
  2. 7w ago · Flipping Switches · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14880 → 73851
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14880: 73851, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/323179769|Sciurus vulgaris (#323179769)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8431|UkrBIN]] #mix'n'"
  3. 11w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalogue of Life ID → 79Y2K
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Catalogue of Life ID: 79Y2K"
  4. 11w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    VerbaAlpina ID → C2111
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  5. 18w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Ardilla Roja'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Ecureuil Roux'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eurasian Red Squirrel'} +16
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Taxon common name: navadna veverica"
  6. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0280136-veverka-obecna
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0280136-veverka-obecna, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  7. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Aliases → —
    Parent taxon → Sciurus, Sciurus
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Genetic and plastic responses of a northern mammal to climate change
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ YSO ID: 13094, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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