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Early squirrel

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States

Squirrels are prolific collectors—even ones that lived approximately 35 million years ago.

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  • Title: Early squirrel
  • Location: Natrona County, Wyoming, United States
  • Physical Dimensions: 27 cm x 10 cm x 24 cm
  • Type: Skeleton
  • Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
  • External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
  • USNM Catalog Number(s): PAL243981
  • Scientific Name: <i>Douglassciurus jeffersoni</i>
  • Photo Credit: James Di Loreto, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
  • Historic Period: Lived approximately 35 million years ago
  • Geologic Age: Cenozoic - Paleogene - Eocene - Chadronian
  • Field: Paleobiology
  • Date Collected: 1975
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