About 70 results for ‘Tree squirrel’
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Tree squirrel
Tree squirrels include over a hundred species that are found on all continents except Antarctica, and are the members of the squirrel family (Sciuridae) most commonly referred to as "squirrels". They do not form a single natural, or monophyletic, group, but instead are related to the various other animals in the squirrel family, including ground squirrels, flying squirrels, marmots, and chipmunks. The defining characteristic that is used to determine which of the various species of Sciuridae are tree squirrels is therefore not so dependent on their physiology, but their habitat. Tree squirrels live mostly among trees, as opposed to other squirrels that live in burrows in the ground or among rocks. However, there is one exception to this rule, as physiological distinction does make a difference in regard to flying squirrels, who also make their home in trees, but have unique physical characteristics that separate them from their tree squirrel cousins (specifically, special flaps of skin that act as glider wings, allowing them to "fly"). The most well known genus of tree squirrels is Sciurus, which includes the Eastern gray squirrel of North America (and which was introduced to Great Britain), the red squirrel of Eurasia, and the North American fox squirrel, among many others. Since many tree squirrel species have readily adapted to human-altered environments (including intensely cultivated farms and urban cities), and because they are mostly diurnal (active during the daytime), when most people are outdoors to see them, they are perhaps the most familiar members of the rodent family to most humans. Indeed, in some larger cities, they are often the only wild animals (not counting birds) that most people ever see. It is no surprise, then, that tree squirrels and humans have had a very complex and long-lasting relationship.
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Deux écureuils sur un chêne, et Ebauche de voilier (proje...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Acorn
- Fish
- Leaf
- Oak
- Sailing ship
- Tree squirrel
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Trois animaux canadiens copie d'estampe [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cat
- Mole (animal)
- Tree squirrel
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- Date:
- 20th century
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LE PARADIS TERRESTRE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bird
- Columba (genus)
- Dog
- Eve
- Fox
- Garden of Eden
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- Date:
- 17th century
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LA FAMILLE BURTON ; DIT AUSSI SCENE D'INTERIEUR A L'ECUREUIL
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Curtain
- Dado (architecture)
- Drawing
- Family
- Tree squirrel
- Vase
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Nature morte à l'écureuil
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Grape
- Homarus
- Muskmelon
- Plum
- Still life
- Tree squirrel
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jacob Hoefnagel
Insectes, fruits et fleurs
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bird
- Bivalvia
- Caterpillar
- Flower
- Flower bouquet
- Insect
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Paysage avec grues, poules d'eau, écureuil
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Architecture
- Common Moorhen
- Tree squirrel
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Louis Carrogis Carmontelle
Portrait d'homme
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bird
- Man
- Tree squirrel
- Wig
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Metrology
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- Designation:
- montre
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bird
- Forest
- Landscape
- Rabbit
- Tree squirrel
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- Date:
- 16th century
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Adam et Eve dans le Paradis terrestre ; Décor de grotesqu...
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- Field(s):
- Belief
- Vitreous enamel
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bovid
- Dog
- Eve
- Fleur-de-lis
- Fox
- Garden of Eden
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Le Monde des Mammifères (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flower
- Roe deer
- Tree squirrel
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pieter Boel
Une tête de boeuf et cinq têtes d'écureuil
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bull
- Tree squirrel
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Armoiries de la famille Sichterman
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- Portrayed subject:
- Flower
- Flower bouquet
- Symbol
- Tree squirrel
- Vase
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- Date:
- 18th century
- Qing Dynasty
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