Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Rodentia > Family: Sciuridae > Genus: Sciurus > Species: Sciurus carolinensis

Grey squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Not evaluated (IUCN)
Protected by 1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats
  • urban
  • woodland and forest
May also occur in
  • heathland and shrub

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Not evaluated

EU

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Ardilla gris Spanish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Écureuil gris French Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Esquilo-cinzento Portuguese Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Grå egern Danish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Grå ekorre Swedish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gråekorn Norwegian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gráíkorni Icelandic Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Grauhörnchen German Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Grey squirrel English Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Grijze eekhoorn Dutch Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hallorav Estonian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Harmaaorava Finnish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Scoiattolo grigio Italian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Siva veverica Slovenian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Szürke mókus Hungarian Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Veverka popelavá Czech Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Wiewiórka szara Polish Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
EoL Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Sciurus carolinensis European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia Wikipedia

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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