red squirrel
noun
: a common and widely distributed North American squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) that has reddish upper parts and is smaller than the gray squirrel
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Since then, researchers have also identified the disease in wild chimpanzees in West Africa and in British red squirrels.
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Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
That’s what a study in Current Biology seems to suggest, anyway, after showing that red squirrels hosted strains of the leprosy bacteria Mycobacterium leprae in England’s Middle Ages.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2024
So while the Big Five are in abundance, so are shy red duikers, diminutive suni antelopes, Tonga red squirrels, and 436 bird species.
—Nicola Leigh Stewart, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2024
Mount Graham red squirrels are a highly endangered subspecies of North American red squirrels.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
Damage from fire and insects and interruptions due to human structures have created a disconnected mosaic of habitat for red squirrels.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
The sudden appearance of bright red squirrels in one New York town led investigators to discover they were being intentionally painted and released into the wild, according to investigators.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
According to a February press release from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), which the agency also shared on Facebook, officials started noticing bright red squirrels in Putnam County in late 2023.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
Some British restaurants have put grey squirrel dishes on their menus, and one company even sells grey squirrel pate--accented with hazelnuts and Frangelico--and donates the proceeds to a red squirrel conservation group.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2024
That’s what a study in Current Biology seems to suggest, anyway, after showing that red squirrels hosted strains of the leprosy bacteria Mycobacterium leprae in England’s Middle Ages.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2024
So while the Big Five are in abundance, so are shy red duikers, diminutive suni antelopes, Tonga red squirrels, and 436 bird species.
—Nicola Leigh Stewart, Robb Report, 18 Apr. 2024
Mount Graham red squirrels are a highly endangered subspecies of North American red squirrels.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
Damage from fire and insects and interruptions due to human structures have created a disconnected mosaic of habitat for red squirrels.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
The sudden appearance of bright red squirrels in one New York town led investigators to discover they were being intentionally painted and released into the wild, according to investigators.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
According to a February press release from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), which the agency also shared on Facebook, officials started noticing bright red squirrels in Putnam County in late 2023.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
Some British restaurants have put grey squirrel dishes on their menus, and one company even sells grey squirrel pate--accented with hazelnuts and Frangelico--and donates the proceeds to a red squirrel conservation group.
—Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
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