Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
(American red squirrel)

Image Caption:
An American red squirrel, tamiasciurus hudsonicus, looks down from a tree branch.  The American red squirrel is smaller and noisier than the fox squirrel and gray squirrels.  As opposed to the Douglas squirrel, which has a reddish underside, the American red squirrel has a white underside (Steele, 1998).  

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Tamaisciurus hudsonicus minnesota (American red squirrel) sits on a tree branch
Works Cited:

Steele, M. A.  (1998).  Tamiasciurus hudsonicus.  The American Society of Mammalogists Mammalian Species 586. 
Image Location: United States, North Dakota, Fargo
Image Date: 2008SEP20
Image Species: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus minnesota
(EXIF Information is accurate – stamped in UTC).

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