red squirrel

noun

: a common and widely distributed North American squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) that has reddish upper parts and is smaller than the gray squirrel

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In 1871, the now-teenage Roosevelt made his first donation to the AMNH, contributing a bat, 12 mice, a turtle, the skull of a red squirrel and 4 bird eggs. —

Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024 To the team’s surprise, the medieval squirrel strain bore an even closer relation to medieval human strains gathered from the site of the leprosy hospital than to those taken from modern red squirrels. —

Bysean Cummings, science.org, 7 Aug. 2024 The Phoenix Zoo's current program for Mount Graham red squirrels, led by Director of Conservation Science Tara Harris, is an example of both. —

Joan Meiners, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024 In an attempt to stop this, authorities around the world are protecting coral reefs by killing starfish, protecting salmon by killing sea lions, and protecting red squirrels by killing grey ones. —

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