Seeing as MikeSnos is in Cambridge, the odds suggest that it was a grey. The nearest red squirrels to him would most likely be in a captive breeding program in Norfolk http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14112734
Or the tufted ground squirrel, Rheithrosciurus macrotis, is an elusive species living in the dense rainforests of Borneo. Few scientists have set eyes on this rare squirrel, currently listed as vulnerable, though according to folklore, the fierce squirrels have attacked and killed tusked deer called muntjacs
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