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Answer: Douglas Squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii)
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The native Douglas squirrel is small (only about 20 centimetres long) with a brown back, an orange tummy, and markings around its eyes. It has favourite places to eat and leaves middens, or piles of broken cone pieces, at these places. In Stanley Park, the Douglas squirrel protects its territory from another kind of squirrel. This other squirrel, the eastern grey squirrel, did not originally live in British Columbia, but was brought to Stanley Park by humans. The Douglas squirrel might have more problems finding food and homes when the eastern grey squirrel is around!
Douglas squirrels are only found in forested parks, because they depend on the trees for food and shelter. Try to tell them apart from the larger grey or black eastern grey squirrels.
