page_title: Red squirrel
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Red squirrel / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: English: Red squirrel in the Urals region, grey winter coatItaliano: Scoiattolo comune nella regione degli Urali, manto grigio invernaleDeutsch: Eichhörnchen (Sciurus vulgaris) im Ural, grauen WintermantelРусский: Бе́лка обыкнове́нная в Уральской области, зимний окрас
context_page_description: The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, primarily herbivorous rodent.
  In Great Britain, Ireland, and in Italy numbers have decreased drastically in recent years. This decline is associated with the introduction by humans of the eastern grey squirrel from North America. However, the population in Scotland is stabilising due to conservation efforts, awareness and the increasing population of the pine marten, a European predator that selectively controls grey squirrels.
context_section_description: Red squirrels occupy boreal, coniferous woods in northern Europe and Siberia, preferring Scots pine, Norway spruce and Siberian pine. In western and southern Europe they are found in broad-leaved woods where the mixture of tree and shrub species provides a better year round source of food. In most of the British Isles and in Italy, broad-leaved woodlands are now less suitable due to the better competitive feeding strategy of introduced grey squirrels.
caption: Red squirrel in the Urals region, grey winter coat
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