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The Short List of States Where Keeping a Squirrel as a Pet Is Legal
New Jersey technically does not allow the ownership of all squirrels (Sciuridae). Red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) are the ...
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Red squirrels were hosts for leprosy in medieval England
In 2016, scientists found that red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) around the UK carry strains of Mycobacteriumleprae, the bacterium that causes the chronic disease leprosy. Some of the strains were ...