tree squirrel

noun

any squirrel of the genus Sciurus, with a long, bushy tail, familiar in parks and wooded areas throughout temperate regions.

First recorded in 1870–75

Some call him the palm-rat, and others the palm-tree squirrel; but as he is neither a rat nor a squirrel, we call him palmist.

This was not understood, as the Utes have no sign for the tree squirrel, the arboreal animal not being now found in their region.

The martin is the size of a large tree squirrel; the fisher is about twice that size.

The tree squirrel about the Lake is the pine squirrel or "chickeree."

Need we add that he gained his perch with the agility of a tree-squirrel!

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