Douglas's Squirrel

Mammals type image; Sciurus suckleyi Baird, 1855; Skin, ventral

Field Catalog of Vernon Bailey: 1911-1941, Page 19. SIA Acc. 12-218

Mammals type image; Sciurus suckleyi Baird, 1855; Skin, dorsal

Mammals type image; Sciurus douglasii cascadensis Allen, 1898; Skull, lateral

Mammals type image; Sciurus douglasii cascadensis Allen, 1898; Mandible, ventral

Douglas Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) Oregon Coast, OR _________________ Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Family: Sciuridae Species: Tamiasciurus douglasii

Mammals type image; Sciurus suckleyi Baird, 1855; Skull, dorsal

Mammals type image; Sciurus douglasii cascadensis Allen, 1898; Mandible, lateral

Mammals type image; Sciurus suckleyi Baird, 1855; Skull, ventral

Mammals type image; Sciurus douglasii cascadensis Allen, 1898; Skin, dorsal

The Douglas squirrels at the cabin tracts at Donner Lake are relatively comfortable with human presence, unlike their wilderness cousins that I've been more familiar with. They act more like urban squirrels in the developed residential areas around Truckee.

Mammals type image; Sciurus suckleyi Baird, 1855; Skull, right lateral

Mammals type image; Sciurus douglasii cascadensis Allen, 1898; Skin, lateral

Mammals type image; Sciurus suckleyi Baird, 1855; Mandible, lateral

Mammals type image; Sciurus douglasii cascadensis Allen, 1898; Skull, ventral

Mammals type image; Sciurus suckleyi Baird, 1855; Mandible, dorsal

Mammals type image; Sciurus douglasii cascadensis Allen, 1898; Skull, dorsal

Mammals type image; Sciurus suckleyi Baird, 1855; Skull, left lateral

Mammals type image; Sciurus douglasii cascadensis Allen, 1898; Mandible, dorsal

Disobeying the "never eat anything bigger than your head" rule

Sitting on a branch of a tree nibbling on something.