Douglas' Squirrel
Tamiasciurus douglasii
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 11,685
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Douglas squirrel is a pine squirrel found in western North America, from the Pacific Northwest to central California, with an isolated subspecies in northern Baja California, Mexico. It is sometimes known as the chickaree or pine squirrel, although these names are also used for the American red squirrel. Variant spellings of the common name are Douglas' squirrel and Douglas's squirrel. The Native Americans of Kings River called it the "Pillillooeet", in imitation of its characteristic alarm call.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Douglas squirrel”.