Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)

Douglas squirrel is a small lively bushy-tailed pine squirrel. They live in coniferous forests ranging from the Sierra Nevada mountains of California northwards to coastal British Columbia.

Identification

The appearance of the Douglas squirrel varies with season. In the summer, they are a grayish or almost greenish brown on their backs, and pale orange on the chest and belly, while legs and feet appear brown. Their appearance varies according to the season. In the summer, they are a grayish or almost greenish brown on their backs, and pale orange on the chest and belly, while legs and feet appear brown. In the winter, the coat is browner and the underside is grayer. They have a white eye ring.

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Douglas squirrel

Yosemite NP, California (2010)

Douglas squirrel

Yosemite NP, California (2010)

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Species

Kingdom: Animalia (animals)

Phylum: Chordata (vertebrates, sea squirts)

Class: Mammalia (mammals)

Order: Rodentia (rodents)

Family: Sciuridae (squirrels, chipmunks, prairie dogs, marmots)

Groove-toothed flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus)

Black flying squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas)

Thomas's flying squirrel (Aeromys thomasi)

Harris's Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii)

San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus nelsoni)

White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)

Texas Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus interpres)

Insular Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus insularis)

Hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsoni)

Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi)

Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)

White-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus)

Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

Mexican prairie dog (Cynomys mexicanus)

Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens)

Kashmir flying squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus)

Woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus)

Siberian chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus)

Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)

Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans)

Particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger)

Afghan flying squirrel (Hylopetes baberi)

Bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi)

Kashmir flying squirrel (Hylopetes fimbriatus)

Gray-cheeked flying squirrel (Hylopetes lepidus)

Palawan flying squirrel (Hylopetes nigripes)

Indochinese flying squirrel (Hylopetes phayrei)

Gray-cheeked flying squirrel (Hylopetes platyurus)

Sipora flying squirrel (Hylopetes sipora)

Red-cheeked flying squirrel (Hylopetes spadiceus)

Sumatran flying squirrel (Hylopetes winstoni)

Javanese flying squirrel (Iomys horsfieldi)

Mentawi flying squirrel (Iomys sipora)

Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota)

Gray marmot (Marmota baibacina)

Bobak marmot (Marmota bobak)

Alaska marmot (Marmota broweri)

Hoary marmot (Marmota caligata)

Black-capped marmot (Marmota camtschatica)

Long-tailed marmot (Marmota caudata)

Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris)

Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana)

Menzbier's marmot (Marmota menzbieri)

Woodchuck (Marmota monax)

Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus)

Tarbagan marmot (Marmota sibirica)

Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)

Central American dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus alfari)

Amazon dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventer)

western dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus mimulus)

Santander dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus santanderensis)

Alpine chipmunk (Neotamias alpinus)

Yellow-pine chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus)

Buller's chipmunk (Neotamias bulleri)

Gray-footed chipmunk (Neotamias canipes)

Gray-collared chipmunk (Neotamias cinereicollis)

Cliff chipmunk (Neotamias dorsalis)

Durango chipmunk (Neotamias durangae)

Merriam's chipmunk (Neotamias merriami)

Least chipmunk (Neotamias minimus)

California chipmunk (Neotamias obscurus)

Yellow-cheeked chipmunk (Neotamias ochrogenys)

Palmer's chipmunk (Neotamias palmeri)

Panamint chipmunk (Neotamias panamintinus)

Long-eared chipmunk (Neotamias quadrimaculatus)

Colorado chipmunk (Neotamias quadrivittatus)

Red-tailed chipmunk (Neotamias ruficaudus)

Hopi chipmunk (Neotamias rufus)

Allen's chipmunk (Neotamias senex)

Siskiyou chipmunk (Neotamias siskiyou)

Sonoma chipmunk (Neotamias sonomae)

Lodgepole chipmunk (Neotamias speciosus)

Townsend's chipmunk (Neotamias townsendii)

Uinta chipmunk (Neotamias umbrinus)

Lesser Pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus emiliae)

Hose's Pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus hosei)

Selangor Pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus kinlochii)

Red And White Giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus)

Spotted Giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans)

Hodgson's Giant flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus)

Bhutan Giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis)

Indian Giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis)

Chinese Giant flying squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis)

Japanese Giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)

Red Giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista)

Basilan flying squirrel (Petinomys crinitus)

Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus)

Whiskered flying squirrel (Petinomys genibarbis)

Hagen's flying squirrel (Petinomys hageni)

Siberut flying squirrel (Petinomys lugens)

Mindanao flying squirrel (Petinomys mindanensis)

Arrow flying squirrel (Petinomys sagitta)

Temminck's flying squirrel (Petinomys setosus)

Vordermann's flying squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni)

Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans)

Japanese flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga)

Smoky flying squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus)

Pale Giant squirrel (Ratufa affinis)

Black Giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor)

Indian Giant squirrel (Ratufa indica)

Grizzled Giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura)

Tufted Ground squirrel (Rheithrosciurus macrotis)

Neotropical Pygmy squirrel (Sciurillus pusillus)

Pere David's Rock Squirrel (Sciurotamias davidianus)

Forrest's Rock Squirrel (Sciurotamias forresti)

Abert's squirrel (Sciurus aberti)

Brazilian squirrel (Sciurus aestuans)

Allen's squirrel (Sciurus alleni)

Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus)

South Yungas red squirrel (Sciurus argentinius)

Arizona gray squirrel (Sciurus arizonensis)

Mexican gray squirrel (Sciurus aureogaster)

Eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Collie's squirrel (Sciurus colliaei)

Deppe's squirrel (Sciurus deppei)

Fiery squirrel (Sciurus flammifer)

Yellow-throated squirrel (Sciurus gilvigularis)

Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis)

Western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus)

Bolivian squirrel (Sciurus ignitus)

Northern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus igniventris)

Atlantic Forest squirrel (Sciurus ingrami)

Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

Mexican fox squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis)

Eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)

Peters's squirrel (Sciurus oculatus)

Richmond's squirrel (Sciurus richmondi)

Andean squirrel (Sciurus pucheranii)

Junín Red Squirrel (Sciurus pyrrhinus)

Guayaquil squirrel (Sciurus stramineus)

Sanborn's squirrel (Sciurus sanborni)

Southern Amazon red squirrel (Sciurus spadiceus)

Yucatan squirrel (Sciurus yucatanensis)

Variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides)

Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

Spermophilus adocetus (Spermophilus adocetus)

Spermophilus alashanicus (Spermophilus alashanicus)

Spermophilus annulatus (Spermophilus annulatus)

Uinta Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus armatus)

permophilus atricapillus (Spermophilus atricapillus)

California Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Belding's ground squirrel (Spermophilus beldingi)

Idaho Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus brunneus)

Merriam's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus canus)

European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus)

Columbian ground squirrel (Spermophilus columbianus)

Spermophilus dauricus (Spermophilus dauricus)

Wyoming Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus elegans)

Spermophilus erythrogenys (Spermophilus erythrogenys)

Franklin's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus franklinii)

Spermophilus fulvus (Spermophilus fulvus)

Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis)

Spermophilus madrensis (Spermophilus madrensis)

Spermophilus major (Spermophilus major)

Mexican Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus mexicanus)

Mohave Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis)

Piute Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus mollis)

Spermophilus musicus (Spermophilus musicus)

Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus parryii)

Spermophilus perotensis (Spermophilus perotensis)

Spermophilus pygmaeus (Spermophilus pygmaeus)

Spermophilus relictus (Spermophilus relictus)

Richardson's ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii)

Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus)

Spotted Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma)

Spotted Souslik, Speckled Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus suslicus)

Round-tailed Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus tereticaudus)

Taurus Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus taurensis)

Townsend's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus townsendii)

Thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus)

Spermophilus undulatus (Spermophilus undulatus)

Rock Squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus)

Washington Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus washingtoni)

Spermophilus xanthoprymnus (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)

Bangs's Mountain squirrel (Syntheosciurus brochus)

Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)

American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes)