Unlike most people's impression, squirrels that live in trees, have furry tails, and gnaw on pine cones are actually just a small branch of the squirrel family. From altitude6000From snow capped mountains of over a meter to tropical islands in the Pacific Ocean, from the Western Hemisphere to the Eastern Hemisphere, except for areas near the polar regions or the driest deserts where the climate is extremely harsh and vegetation is extremely simple or even non-existent, species of the squirrel family are active in various terrestrial habitats, and some even play extremely important roles in ecosystems.

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