Species: Red squirrel

The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is an arboreal rodent with red-orange to dark brown fur.

More information about the red squirrel can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Dutch native mammal research and protection organisation (Zoogdiervereniging).

Disease general

No diseases found.

Research results

• Toxoplasmosis in red squirrels, an update (01/12/2016)
• Toxoplasmosis in red squirrels; keep reporting dead red squirrels to the DWHC (02/04/2016)
• Red squirrels dying from toxoplasmosis (11/10/2015)
• Death in squirrels difficult to explain (25/09/2014)

General news

No news found.

Publications

• Lack of evidence for the presence of leprosy bacilli in red squirrels from north-west Europe. Tió-Coma M, H. Sprong, M. Kik, J.T. van Dissel, X-Y. Han, T. Pieters & A. Geluk (epub 2019). Transbound Emerg Dis.  2020; 67, p. 1032-1034. doi: 10.1111/tbed.13423
• Prosthetic valve endocarditis with Bartonella washoensis in a human European patient and its detection in Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris). Loewenich F. D. von, C. Seckert, E. Dauber, M.J.L. Kik , A. de Vries, H. Sprong, K. Buschmann, M.L. Aardema & M. Brandstetter (epub 2019). J Clin Microbiol., 58(1). pii: e01404-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01404-19.
• Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild red squirrels, the Netherlands, 2014 [letter]. Kik M, IJzer J, Opsteegh M, Montizaan M, Dijkstra V, et al.  Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Dec. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2112.141711