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Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in snow, 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_in_snow_(Sciurus_vulgaris)_HA_February_4_0094CrsE2DNA

Photo size: 15.8 Mpixels (45.3 MB uncompressed) - 3939x4021 pixels (13.1x13.4 in / 33.4x34 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Badenoch & Strathspey, Britain, British, coat, decline, declining, endangered, endemic, Family Sciuridae, fauna, feeding station, fur, hair, mammal, Martin Grace, native, natural history, nature, Order Rodentia, rare, red squirrel, rodent, Sciurus, Sciurus carolinensis, Sciurus vulgaris, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, snow, wild, wildlife

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