Sciurus carolinensis

Basic information
Scientific name	Sciurus carolinensis	(No picture)
Common names	Grey squirrel, Eastern grey squirrel
Higher taxon	Sciuridae, Rodentia, Mammalia
Natural range	North America.
Habitat	Forest, park.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan.
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Deliberate: released or escaping of pet animal.
Impact	Predation, competition, transmit squirrel poxvirus against native species. destruction of landscape. Native organism(s) affected: Mammals, birds, vegetation.
Regulation in Japan	Import, transport and keeping are prohibited in Japan by the Invasive Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries	UK, Italy, Australia, South Africa, western part of N America.

Reference

Notes

DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn)
JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn)
Curtis, Paul D. and Sullivan, Kristi L. (2001) Tree Squirrels, Wildlife Damage Management Fact Sheet Series, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ithaca, N.Y.
Wilson & Reeder (eds.) (2005) Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (http://www.press.jhu.edu).
Gurnell et al. (2006) Squirrel poxvirus: Landscape scale strategies for managing disease threat. Biological Conservation. 131, 287-295.

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