English > tree squirrel: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Any typical arboreal squirrel. |
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| Member of | Sciurus, genus Sciurus | type genus of the Sciuridae |
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| Narrower | American red squirrel, spruce squirrel, red squirrel, Sciurus hudsonicus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus | Of northern United States and Canada |
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| black squirrel | fox squirrel or grey squirrel in the black color phase |
| chickeree, Douglas squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasi | Far western United States counterpart of the red squirrel |
| eastern grey squirrel, eastern gray squirrel, cat squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis | Common medium-large squirrel of eastern North America |
| fox squirrel, eastern fox squirrel, Sciurus niger | exceptionally large arboreal squirrel of eastern United States |
| red squirrel, cat squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris | Common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia |
| western grey squirrel, western gray squirrel, Sciurus griseus | Large grey squirrel of far western areas of United States |
| Broader | squirrel | A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail |
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| Spanish | ardilla arborícola |
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