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

Red squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats	urban woodland and forest
May also occur in	agricultural mosaics cropland heathland and shrub wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	2607

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

Least Concern

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

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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

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Ardilla roja	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Écureuil roux	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Eekhoorn	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Egern	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Eichhörnchen	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ekorn	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ekorre	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Esquilo-vermelho	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Europska vjeverica	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kaweechelchen	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ketri	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Közönséges mókus	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Navadna veverica	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Orav	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Orava	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Paprastoji vovere	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rauðíkorni	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Red squirrel	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Scoiattolo comune	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Tava-orav	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Veverica stromová	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Veverka obecná	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Wiewiórka pospolita	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Sciurus europaeus	Gray, 1843
Sciurus exalbidus	Pallas, 1779
Sciurus varius	Gmelin, 1789
Sciurus martensi	Matschie, 1901
Sciurus fusconigricans	Dwigubski, 1804
Sciurus fuscorubens	Dwigubski, 1804
Sciurus alpinus	Desmarest, 1822
Sciurus italicus	Bonaparte, 1838
Sciurus meridionalis	Lucifero, 1907
Sciurus infuscatus	Cabrera, 1905
Sciurus baeticus	Cabrera, 1905
Sciurus fusco-nigricans	Dwigubski, 1804
Sciurus fusco-rubens	Dwigubski, 1804

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
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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