The red squirrel

Red squirrels are found throughout Alaska, Canada, and parts of the eastern United States. Squirrels live in forests.

Red squirrels eat many things, including insects, nuts, berries, mushrooms, and bark. Red squirrels keep cashes of food under logs or under roots. these cashes are called middens.

"So." you might be thinking. "what's the difference between red squirrels and other squirrels besides color?" Well, not much, but the main difference is size. Gray squirrels are larger than red squirrels, as is illustrated in the following picture:




Red squirrels have litters between three and seven babies. Babies reach maturity at 18 weeks of age.




source:
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/redsquirrel.htm