David Element

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___________________ Mammals 11 - Red Squirrels 1

                                          RED SQUIRREL Sciurus vulgaris

                                          RED SQUIRREL Sciurus vulgaris

• Red Squirrels are difficult to photograph well as they seem to prefer shade to sunshine and hardly ever stop moving unless actively feeding. Direct flash photography produces horrendous red reflections from the tapetum layer of the eyes and this method is therefore not recommended! The squirrel illustrated here is not a true native – it is part of an introduced (and very well fed) colony of continental European animals that was established in the Merseyside several decades ago. Genuinely British Red Squirrels tend to be paler and their tails are of a lighter shade than those of their continental cousins. The second illustration is of a juvenile found in the South of France. Another photograph is shown on Mammals 1.

   

   

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