The Eurasian red squirrel is a type of tree squirrel and as the name suggests is found throughout Eurasia and its coat is red in colour. For those of you familiar with the works of Beatrix Potter, you may know the character Squirrel Nutkin, who was a red squirrel.
The red squirrel mainly eats seeds from trees and is most active early in the morning and late fternoon and evening. During the day, it generally sleeps in its nests whch are built in the forks of trees.
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