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Ouch! Bits of nut can be seen bouncing as the lid of a hazelnut feeder lands on a female Red Squirrel's head (Sciurus vulgaris), 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)_Highland_Wildlife_Park_July_19_0015CrsEsA
Photo size: 28.4 Mpixels (81.3 MB uncompressed) - 5750x4944 pixels (19.2x16.5 in / 48.7x41.9 cm at 300 ppi)
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