Red Squirrels Stayed at Urban and Rural Sites at Similar Rates on Hokkaido
Across nine sites on Hokkaido, red squirrels had nearly identical four-month probabilities of remaining in urban and rural…
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Squirrelpox in Dollar Became Scotland’s Northernmost Confirmed Case
A red squirrel from Dollar, Clackmannanshire, had squirrelpox confirmed by pathology and qPCR, making it the northernmost reported…
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Portugal’s Eurasian Red Squirrels Showed Markedly Low Mitochondrial Diversity
The most comprehensive genetic sampling of Eurasian Red Squirrels in Portugal to date found markedly low mitochondrial diversity,…
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Eurasian Red Squirrel Genetic Diversity Reflected Forest Landscapes From 40–50 Years Earlier
In 443 red squirrels from southern France, two measures of genetic variation were most closely related to forest…
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England-Wide Grey Squirrel Suppression Gave the Highest Modelled Red Squirrel Recovery Potential
Natural England's 2026 recovery strategy compared 18 options and found that England-wide grey squirrel suppression offered the strongest…
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Berlin Red Squirrels Were Less Likely to Occur in Gardens With Cats
Camera traps in private Berlin gardens found red squirrels more likely where local tree cover was higher and…
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Female Red Squirrels Were More Likely to Reproduce in Natural Than Urban Habitats
Across 12 Italian sites, female Eurasian red squirrels were more likely to be reproductive in natural habitat than…
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Leprosy Left Characteristic Skeletal Lesions in British Red Squirrels
Three Scottish red squirrels infected with Mycobacterium lepromatosis showed bone lesions in the skull, paws and distal limbs…
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Sixteen New DNA Markers Produced Genotypes From Red Squirrel Hair in Southern France
Researchers developed 16 new microsatellite markers for Eurasian red squirrels and tested them in hair samples from four…
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