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<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''Red Squirrel'''</th></tr>
<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''Red Squirrel'''</th></tr>
<tr><td>[[Image:Squirrel7778.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Eurasian Red Squirrel (Scirus vulgaris)]]</td></tr>
<tr><td>[[Image:Squirrel7778.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)]]</td></tr>
<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''[[Scientific classification]]'''</th></tr>
<tr><th align="center" bgcolor=pink>'''[[Scientific classification]]'''</th></tr>
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<tr><th align="center" bgcolor="pink">'''[[Binomial name]]'''</th></tr>
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<tr><th>''Sciurus vulgaris''
<tr><td align="center">'''''Sciurus vulgaris'''''<br><small>[[Linnaeus]], [[1758]]</small></th></tr>
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The '''Red Squirrel''', is the common European squirrel. It is still common on the European continent but has been widely replaced by the [[Grey Squirrel]] in [[Great Britain]].
The '''Red Squirrel''', ''Sciurus vulgaris'', is the common [[Europe]]an [[squirrel]]. It is still common on the European continent but has been widely replaced by the [[Grey Squirrel]] in [[Great Britain]].

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Red Squirrel
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Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Scientific classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Sciuridae
Subfamily:Sciurinae
Genus:Sciurus
species:vulgaris
Binomial name
Sciurus vulgaris
Linnaeus, 1758

The Red Squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, is the common European squirrel. It is still common on the European continent but has been widely replaced by the Grey Squirrel in Great Britain.