Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) asleep on log, Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk.

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The Red Squirrel has suffered a sharp decline in numbers in the United Kingdom, from loss of habitat, to competition from the introduced Eastern Grey Squirrel, which also carries the potentially fatal parapoxvirus.

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Size: 5100px × 3414px
Location: Pensthorpe Nature Reserve, Fakenham, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Daniel Bridge / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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