Talk:Red squirrel

I added the information about the species' status in Slovenia, which should be replaced with more general information (mainland Europe and other continents) if someone can provide it. --Eleassar my talk 20:04, 25 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

SteveBaker wonders what this means:

"Each litter usually contains 4-8 young, although 3 is usual."

So is that 3-8 ? This doesn't make any sense.

This site http://www.squirrels.org/red.html says 4 or 5 per litter - but it's not clear whether it's talking about European Red Squirrels or American.

This site http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/euro_red_squirrel.htm says 3 or 4

Here:

http://www.kellingheath.co.uk/unique_environment/the_red_squirrel_breeding_programme.html

it says:

  "Female Red Squirrels tend to produce one litter a year with an
   average of 3 young, though it is possible for a female to have
   2 litters in a year and up to 6 young in a litter.

...no sign of anyplace where it says 8 young are possible. I think you are confused by the number of young one female could have in a year... which could (at a stretch) be 8...in two litters of four.

This site also confirms 3-4 per litter and up to two litters per year:

http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th1e.htm

On this basis, I'm fixing the presumed error in this page.