Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurus
Subgenus: Sciurus
Species: Sciurus vulgaris

• Multicellular
• heterotrophic
• eukaryotic
• nucleus

• Close relatives: fox, eastern & western gray squirrels
• phylum characteristics: chestnut upper body, with buff to cream underside, noticeable ear tufts and a fluffy tail. The red squirrel moults its coat twice a year but the ear tufts and the tail are only moulted annually.

Red squirrel