Squirrels of the World
10 Anatomy merus, as it does in humans. In these burrowing squirrels there is an extra part of the deltoid (the clavobrachialis) ...
Many consider squirrels to be model mammals for the study of behavior and ecology. Although some may disagree, we strongly suppo ...
12 Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation do not reproduce each year. Non-marmotine ground squir- rels have a reproductive pattern ...
Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation 13 sual displays in any species of squirrel. As in many mam- mals, chemical communication is ...
14 Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation Communal nesting, however, is among the most common behaviors documented not only within ...
Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation 15 mixed conifer stands, C. C. Smith has noted that Tamia s c i- urus systematically remove ...
16 Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation Scatter-Hoarding and Larder-Hoarding Most species of squirrels, especially in temperate r ...
Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation 17 habitat and social structure is a strong but not a universal pattern. Social ground squir ...
18 Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation how scatter-hoarding squirrels contribute to forest regen- eration. That they do this is ...
Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation 19 squirrels can cause tree damage, depredate crops, gnaw elec- trical and telephone wires, ...
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Ratufi nae SPECIES ACCOUNTS ...
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This genus contains four species. They are canopy dwellers in tropical rainforests, nesting and foraging high in the trees and f ...
24 Ratufa affi nis sia), and northeast Kalimantan (Indonesia). It is dark to very dark in the midline and pale white to buff on ...
Ratufa bicolor 25 Ratufa bicolor (Sparrman, 1778) Black Giant Squirrel description: This is a black-and-white giant tree squirre ...
26 Ratufa bicolor the western sides of Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia are darker black on the back and darker reddish yellow on ...
Ratufa indica 27 Sex not stated—HB 366.8 mm (n = 44); T 456.7 mm (n = 11); Mass 1442.0 g (n = 33). distribution: This species oc ...
28 Ratufa indica males and 1.1 ha for females. This species is preyed upon by a number of mammals and birds. Researchers have ob ...
Ratufa macroura 29 habitat: This species favors the evergreen broadleaf for- ests of southern India and Sri Lanka. natural histo ...
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