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Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) feeding on the top of an old fence post, Badenoch & Strathspey, Scottish Highlands
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_August_7_0054EsA
Photo size: 20.0 Mpixels (57.1 MB uncompressed) - 3648x5472 pixels (12.2x18.2 in / 30.9x46.3 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: alien, Badenoch & Strathspey, Britain, British, coat, compete, competition, competitive, decline, declining, endangered, endemic, Family Sciuridae, fauna, fence, fur, garden, gray squirrel, grey squirrel, hair, mammal, Martin Grace, natural history, nature, Order Rodentia, post, rare, red squirrel, rodent, Sciurus, Sciurus carolinensis, Sciurus vulgaris, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, squirrel pox virus, sun, sunlight, sunlit, wild, wildlife
Published in: Red Squirrel
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