Douglas Squirrel:
Taxonomy:
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Mammalia
Order - Rodentia
Family - Sciuridae
Genus - Tamiasciurus
Species - T. douglasii
Habitat:
Found mainly in coniferous and old growth forests
Range:
Sierra Nevada mountain range in California northward to coastal British Columbia
Size:
-Smaller than American gray squirrels
-About 33cm in length, weighing somewhere around 200 grams
Diet:
-Seeds from various coniferous trees such as the Douglas Fir, Sitka Spruce, and Pine
-Gnaw off the pine cones while they are still green, bury them, and eat later on in the year
-Also eat fruits and berries, acorns, and eggs of smaller birds
