Stats

Lifespan: 5-6 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate coniferous forest
Range: North America
Movement: Climbing
Breeding: Live Birth
Defense: Speed
Status: Uncommon

About

A small, feisty tree squirrel of Pacific coastal forests, known for loudly scolding intruders from the treetops with a rapid chattering call. It caches thousands of conifer cones in a single midden pile each autumn, some middens used by generations of squirrels for decades.

Life cycle

1.
newborn pup
A blind, hairless pup nurses in the nest and is unable to regulate its own warmth.
2.
juvenile
A weaned juvenile is fully furred, leaves the nest, and begins foraging on solid food.
3.
adult
Fully grown and self-sufficient.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Tamiasciurus
Species: Tamiasciurus douglasii