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Bliss! A Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) scratches itself with eyes shut as it sits on a birch bough, Badenoch & Strathspey, Highlands of Scotland
Britain's native Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) which is declining severely or has disappeared from its old locations in England because of competition from the alien north American Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and the disease (squirrel pox) that the Grey Squirrel carries. Squirrel pox is fatal to Red Squirrels but benign to Grey Squirrels.
Badenoch & Strathspey, Scottish Highlands, Kingussie, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
Photo ID: Red_Squirrel_(Sciurus_vulgaris)_HA_September_12_0023CrsEEsCA
Photo size: 21.1 Mpixels (60.4 MB uncompressed) - 5616x3759 pixels (18.7x12.5 in / 47.5x31.8 cm at 300 ppi)
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Published in: Red Squirrel
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