Are squirrels protected animals?

The squirrel is a family of mammalian rodents, which includes the squirrel subfamily and the African ground squirrel subfamily, which is characterized by a long furry tail and a symmetrical and flexible body. it is divided into tree squirrels, ground squirrels and stone squirrels according to their living environment. Among them, rock squirrels and side rock squirrels are endemic to China. Let's take a look at whether squirrels are protected animals.

Are squirrels protected animals?

Squirrels are protected animals. Squirrels have been included in the Red list of Biodiversity in China-vertebrate Volume, assessed as near Endangered (NT), and included in the Red list of Endangered species of the World Union for Conservation of Nature Among them, red-bellied squirrel, yellow-footed squirrel, blue-bellied squirrel, golden-backed squirrel, five-striped squirrel, white-backed squirrel, bright-striped squirrel, hidden-striped squirrel, orange-bellied long-snout squirrel, Porsche long-snout squirrel, red-cheeked long-snout squirrel, red-legged long-snout squirrel, orange-throated long-snout squirrel, striped squirrel, rock squirrel, side rock squirrel, chipmunk have been listed as beneficial or economically important under state protection. A list of terrestrial wildlife of scientific research value.

What kind of food do squirrels eat?

Most squirrels live in coniferous forests and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests in cold temperate zones, especially in forests on hillsides or on both sides of river valleys. They mainly feed on acorns, chestnuts, walnuts and other nuts. They also like to eat pine seeds. They often go to coniferous forests to find pine seeds, and also eat young branches and leaves, bark, fungi, insects and birds of pine trees. There is a habit of storing food. As soon as autumn arrives, a squirrel often stores several kilograms of food in several places, and sometimes sees squirrels drying food on trees to keep them from spoiling and mildew.

What kinds of squirrels do you have?

1. Snow squirrels: snow squirrels are the most expensive pet squirrels. Their limbs are orange all year round, and their ear hairs are orange. They change their hair for two seasons a year. The adult body is about 25 cm long. The tail length can be attached to the neck. Some can reach the head, rise at dawn and rest in the dark.

2. Red-bellied squirrel: red-bellied squirrel is a medium-sized arboreal squirrel, which likes morning and dusk activities. It mainly eats all kinds of nuts, such as pine cones, chestnuts and berries, as well as leaves, twigs, flower buds and bird eggs, nestlings and insects.

3. North American red squirrels: North American red squirrels are widely distributed in North America in cold temperate coniferous forests and occasionally in mixed or deciduous forests. The main food is white spruce seeds. They also eat fruits, buds, bark, flowers, fungi, insects, bird eggs and small vertebrates.

4. Darcy squirrels: Darcy squirrels live in tropical forests, are active during the day, spend most of their time in trees and occasionally look for food on the ground. Feed on seeds, fruits and leaves, such as figs, mushrooms, acorns, berries and corn.

5. Japanese squirrel: Japanese squirrel is a species of squirrel of rodent family, endemic to Japan, distributed in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, but now it is rare in Kyushu area. one of the factors affecting the extinction of this species is the destruction of forests by human beings.

6. Mountain squirrels: mountain squirrels live only in Costa Rica and Panama, live in inaccessible mountain rainforests, mainly on treetops, but sometimes forage on the forest ground, with an average body length of 15 cm, tail length of 13 cm, olive brown on the back and orange-red belly.

7. Tricolor squirrels: tricolor squirrels are medium-sized squirrels inhabiting the tropical rain forest, with dark reddish brown back and tail, striped white bands from cheeks to sides, yellowish brown forelegs and ventral sides, and white belly, inhabiting trees. But most of the food is obtained from the ground.

8. Devil squirrel: the devil squirrel is medium-sized, slender and light, with a length of about 18cm and 26cm, with a long and thick tail. Now it has become a new pet sought after by white-collar workers in Chongqing, eating fruits, seeds, meat and so on. Bird eggs are eaten during breeding.