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tree squirrel

DEFINITIONS OF: tree squirrel

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n any typical arboreal squirrel

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Sciurus carolinensis, cat squirrel, eastern gray squirrel, eastern grey squirrel
common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America; now introduced into England
Sciurus griseus, western gray squirrel, western grey squirrel
large grey squirrel of far western areas of United States
Sciurus niger, eastern fox squirrel, fox squirrel
exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States
black squirrel
fox squirrel or grey squirrel in the black color phase
Sciurus vulgaris, cat squirrel, red squirrel
common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia
American red squirrel, Sciurus hudsonicus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, red squirrel, spruce squirrel
of northern United States and Canada
Douglas squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasi, chickeree
far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel
Type of:
squirrel
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
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