Squirrels are an interesting creature of their own if wished to know in detail, following are a few amazing facts associated with them any fan of it would like to know:
Squirrels, belong to the rodent family, primarily known as Sciuridaen found in the temperate, semi humid areas.
Their exist almost 265 species in totality, among which African Pygmy are the smallest (10 cm in length) while the most giant ones can range to size of a tree.
Squirrels are small but way more smarter than you can anticipate. They have the rule over the power of adaptability to increase their chance of survival. In cold regions, the squirrels store their food like nuts, seeds, etc well in advance so as to meet up their diet in adequate proportion, when wither whether is too harsh to go out in search of food or there is scarcity.
Squirrels never opt for running in a straight line path, they choose to move around in abrupt fashion so as to doge their predators.
Squirrels use tricky methods to store their food, often fallacious ways of doing that appears to be genuine but when dug in further depth by other rodents, the source is empty with no food inside it.
Squirrels who dwell on trees build their homes with the help up twigs, and branches pretty similar to a nest, as a temporary home.
There are a certain type of squirrels who are capable of gliding through some distances, by making use of their membranes that stretch through their ankles to their wrists.
Gray squirrel
Gray squirrels are the smaller members of the squirrel family, where an ideal sized squirrel weighs around 0.4-0.6kg , 23-30 cm long, in addition to a 19-25 cm of a tail length. Biologically it is known by the scientific name of Scicurus Carolinensis. These have a gestation period of 44days. They can be sub divided into several other species, often referred with the squirrels indigenous to North America, such as:
The Eastern Grey Squirrel: Scientific name Sciurus Carolinensis, these belong to the eastern part of United States and South- East Canada. Thereafter they got introduced in countries such as South Africa, Italy, Ireland, Britain.
Similarly the Western Gray Squirrel have been known to have come from the western part of United States. Small and highly adorable, these are the typical types of squirrels one would go "awwww" about in the first look. Its scientific name is Sciurus Griseus.
The Arizona Grey Squirrel, scientifically named as Sciurus Arizonensis, they have their origin from the south west part of the country united States of America and the outside boundaries of Mexico.
Last but not the least, the Mexican Grey Squirrel, has its way back from the southern Mexico and Guatemala, furry in appearance with dark grey to pale grey patterns of fur on the body, these are rare to be seen squirrels. Scientific name of these are Sciurus Aureogaster.
