Red Squirrel

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Red squirrels are nimble Eurasian tree-dwellers with russet fur, tufted ears and a plume-like tail. By caching nuts and seeds high in conifers they help forests regenerate. Pressured by grey squirrels and shrinking woodlands, they now thrive mainly in mature, mixed forests.

Habitat: The Red Squirrel can be found in Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-and-herz, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, North-korea, South-korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United-kingdom, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan