cooljeanius’s avatarcooljeanius’s Twitter Archive—№ 45,047

          1. Inspired by @Safigirl17's recent poll, I'm doing a thread of squirrel pics for everything from family Sciuridae that has pictures on Wikipedia
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          Ratufinae
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        Cream-coloured giant squirrel (1st 2 are originals, next 2 are cropped copies of the first 2 in case Twitter's image cropping algorithm doesn't get it right)
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      (Malayan) Black giant squirrel
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    Indian giant squirrel
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      Grizzled giant squirrel
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        Tribe Sciurini is up next; there's a lot of those so I'll save those for later
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          Allen's squirrel
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            Arizona gray squirrel
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              Mexican gray (red-bellied) squirrel
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                (Eastern gray squirrels are really common and are the type of squirrel that most people think of as "gray squirrels" so I'll skip them, since people can already see them easily elsewhere)
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                  Collie's squirrel
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                    Deppe's squirrel
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                      Variegated squirrel
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                        (Eurasian red squirrels are also really common and are the type of squirrel that most people think of as "red squirrels" so I'll skip them for the same reason as I skipped gray squirrels)
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                          Japanese squirrel (ニホンリス) (also @InokashiraZoo posts pictures of these pretty often so feel free to follow them for more)
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                            Calabrian black squirrel
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                              Mexican fox squirrel
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                                Yucatan (gray) squirrel
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                                  Abert's squirrel
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                                    (taking another break now)
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                                      I kinda wanna continue this thread now, but don't really want to distract from inauguration too much, tho...
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                                        ok I guess now should be an ok time; let's take a break from the genus Sciurus and move over to the tribe Xerini
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                                          Barbary ground squirrel
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                                            Striped ground squirrel
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                                              Cape ground squirrel
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                                                Mountain ground squirrel
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                                                  Unstriped ground squirrel
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                                                    Next up is the genus Funambulus
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                                                      Layard's palm squirrel
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                                                        Indian palm squirrel
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                                                          Nilgiri striped squirrel
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                                                            Dusky striped squirrel
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                                                              Jungle palm squirrel
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                                                                Northern palm squirrel (aka the five-striped palm squirrel)
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                                                                  I'll be back to genus Sciurus after a break
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                                                                    Caucasian squirrel (aka Persian squirrel)
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                                                                      Western gray squirrel
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                                                                        Brazilian squirrel (or Guianan squirrel)
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                                                                          Red-tailed squirrel
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                                                                            Bolivian squirrel
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                                                                              Andean squirrel
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                                                                                Guayaquil squirrel
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                                                                                  (that's all for tonight)
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                                                                                    Epixerus (aka Ebian's palm squirrel, Temminck's giant squirrel, or the western palm squirrel)
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                                                                                      Forest giant squirrel (aka Stanger's squirrel)
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                                                                                        Amazon dwarf squirrel
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                                                                                          Siberian flying squirrel
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                                                                                            Japanese flying squirrel (ニホンモモンガ)
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                                                                                              Southern flying squirrel
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                                                                                                Northern flying squirrel
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                                                                                                  Humboldt's flying squirrel
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                                                                                                    …so, it looks like I accidentally skipped over the genus Tamiasciurus… I'm realizing that what I said above about Eurasian red squirrels was incorrect bc I hadn't seen where American red squirrels fell yet. Anyway I'm skipping American red squirrels, too, bc of their commonness
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                                                                                                      Douglas squirrel
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                                                                                                        Mearns's squirrel
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                                                                                                          over to the sun squirrels now
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                                                                                                            Gambian sun squirrel
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                                                                                                              Red-legged sun squirrel
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                                                                                                                (I think that that's all I'll do for tonight)
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                                                                                                                  oh huh, looks like it's #SquirrelAppreciationDay today apparently; maybe I should do a few more after all...
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                                                                                                                    never mind
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                                                                                                                      Congo rope squirrel
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                                                                                                                        Particolored flying squirrel
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                                                                                                                          (so, the Palawan flying squirrel prompts me to do this note: I'm only doing photos of squirrels that look clearly alive to me; ones that look taxidermied don't count)
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                                                                                                                            Smith's bush squirrel
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                                                                                                                              Red bush squirrel
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                                                                                                                                Green bush squirrel
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                                                                                                                                  (taking a break again)
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                                                                                                                                    Red and white giant flying squirrel
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                                                                                                                                      Japanese giant flying squirrel (ムササビ)
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                                                                                                                                        Bhutan giant flying squirrel
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                                                                                                                                          Red giant flying squirrel
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                                                                                                                                            Indian giant flying squirrel
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                                                                                                                                              Harris's antelope squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                San Joaquin antelope squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                  Texas antelope squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                    White-tailed antelope squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                      Rock squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                        California ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                          Golden-mantled ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                            Sierra Madre ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                              Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                next up are the marmots; there are a lot of them so I'll put them off until later
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                                                                                                                                                                  Alaska marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                    Alpine marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                      Black-capped marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                        Bobak marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                          Gray marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                            (groundhogs/woodchucks/whistlepigs/"Marmota monax" are really common and there are too many pictures of them to choose from, so I'll skip them)
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                                                                                                                                                                              Himalayan marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                                Long-tailed marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                                  Menzbier's marmot (on an Uzbek stamp)
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                                                                                                                                                                                    Tarbagan marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                                      Hoary marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                                        Olympic marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                                          Vancouver Island marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                                            Yellow-bellied marmot
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                                                                                                                                                                                              (that's it for genus Marmota; next up is the Spermophilus genus of ground squirrels... after a break.)
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                                                                                                                                                                                                European ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  Yellow ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                    Caucasian ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Relict ground squirrel (pretty sure the second pic is just a crop of the first)
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                                                                                                                                                                                                        Speckled ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          Asia Minor ground squirrel (aka Anatolian ground squirrel)
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                                                                                                                                                                                                            now onto different genera... here are some thirteen-lined ground squirrel pics
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                                                                                                                                                                                                              Mexican ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                Rio Grande ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Franklin's ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Next up are the prairie dogs... which, for some reason, my Dad hates, despite liking other ground squirrels...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Gunnison's prairie dog
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                        White-tailed prairie dog
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (the black-tailed prairie dog is really common and has too many pictures to choose from, so I'll skip them)
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Mexican prairie dog
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Utah prairie dog
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                onto a different genus... here are some Round-tailed ground squirrel pics
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Spotted ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ...and I think that'll be all for tonight.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Wish I could be continuing this thread for Groundhog Day, but as my computer is having issues due to the update to Big Sur, I might not be able to...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ok now that I got my Big Sur update issues worked out, I think I can continue this thread…
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Uinta ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Belding’s ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Northern Idaho ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Southern Idaho ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Columbian ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Wyoming ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Piute ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Arctic ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Richardson’s ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Long-tailed ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ok that’s it for the ground squirrels; onto the chipmunks next
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                well, by “chipmunks” I mean the things with “tamias” somewhere in their genus… anyways, Père David’s rock squirrel (岩松鼠):
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Siberian chipmunk (I probably could have skipped this one under my “too many pictures to choose from” rule, but…)
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I guess since I did Siberian ones despite them having too many pictures to choose from, I have to do Eastern ones, now, too, even though they’re extremely common here on the East Coast of the US…
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Yellow-pine chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Gray-collared chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Cliff chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Merriam’s chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Least chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Palmer’s chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Long-eared chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Colorado chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Red-tailed chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Hopi chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Allen’s chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sonoma chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Lodgepole chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Townsend’s chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Uinta chipmunk
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ok that should be enough for now; I think I missed some squirrels from callosciurinae previously so I’ll be back to that later…
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Himalayan striped squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Maritime striped squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Swinhoe’s striped squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Berdmore’s ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Least pygmy squirrel (aka plain pygmy squirrel)
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Whitish dwarf squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Celebes dwarf squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sanghir squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ok that’s probably enough for now; will do the more-speciated genera of the callosciurinae family later…
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Asian red-cheeked squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Bornean mountain ground squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Perny’s long-nosed squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Red-hipped squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Genus callosciurus will come later
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Borneo black-banded squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ear-spot squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Finlayson’s squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Grey-bellied squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Inornate squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Irawaddy squirrel (aka the hoary-bellied Himalayan squirrel)
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Plantain squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Prevost’s squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pallas’s squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Next up is genus sundasciurus
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Low’s squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Slender squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Horse-tailed squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Philippine tree squirrel
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                …and… I think that’s it! Photo credits are all on Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (some of the pictures ended up mistakenly branched into sub-threads; this one is the actual end, though)
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                                                                                          Bang's mountain squirrel
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                                                                                          1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
                                                                                            another mistaken branching of the thread; main branch of it continues here: @cooljeanius/1352407522888581121
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                                                                        Junín red squirrel
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                                                                          Northern Amazon red squirrel
                                                                          oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
                                                                          1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
                                                                            Southern Amazon red squirrel
                                                                            oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
                                                                            1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
                                                                              I accidentally branched this thread; if you’re getting here and thinking it looks like the end, it actually isn’t; other branch continues here: @cooljeanius/1352135133101514752