Douglas Squirrel
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Summary 2
The Douglas Squirrel, scientific name Tamiasciurus douglasii, is a pine squirrel found in the Pacific coastal states and provinces of North America. Although not native to Haida Gwaii, it was unfortunately introduced there in the mid-20th century by the forest industry, and impacts the ecology through its role as a nest predator. It is sometimes known as the Chickaree or Pine Squirrel, but since Chickaree is also used for the American Red Squirrel and Pine Squirrel for the genus Tamiasciurus, these alternative names are better avoided. Variant spellings of the common name are Douglas' Squirrel and Douglas's Squirrel. The Native Americans of Kings River called it...
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- (c) C.V. Vick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/45153605@N00/1353192473
- Adapted by Carita Bergman from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamiasciurus_douglasii
