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  • The red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) is one of the smaller but louder squirrels of the Blue Ridge.

    Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA) 2009

  • Several squirrels are seen including eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus, red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis and two types of flying squirrel, the southern Glaucomys volans and the northern endangered subspecies Carolina flying squirrel G. sabrinus coloratus (E).

    Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States 2009

  • Elsewhere, using a quantitative genetic research protocol, Réale et al. [36] showed that northern boreal red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) were able to respond genetically within a decade to increased spring temperatures.

    Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009

  • Forest mammals include moose Alces alces, mule deer Odocoileus hemionus, white-tailed deer O. viriginianus, caribou Rangifer tarandus, red deer Cervus canadensis and red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus.

    Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Canada 2008

  • Some characteristic mammals include white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus), grey (Sciurus carolinensis) and red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).

    Southern Great Lakes forests 2007

  • White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), coyote (Canis latrans), snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), chipmunk (Tamias striatus), red (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) and eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) represent a few of the more common species.

    Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests 2007

  • Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis), $1.25 million seems to be the breaking point.

    Scientific American 2010

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