Introduction of squirrel

Squirrel is natures one of the beautiful animal. It comes under the phylum chordata. It belongs to the class mammalia. Squirrel as in the figure, shows the elongated cylicdrical bodywhich is covered with hairs. Its body

consists of the following parts:
a. head b.Neck.c. Trunk and d. Tail.
Head consists of the paired eyes , a pair of pinna or external ear, and a snout which is protruded anteriorly. At the tip of the snout , there is the mouth.
Neck: It is the second part of the body of squirrel and it lies in between the head and the trunk.
Trunk: Trunk is the third part of the body of squirrel. It lies just posterior to the neck and anterior to the tail. Trunk is the longest part of the body of squirrel and it is comparatively the wider part also. On the ventral side of the trunk two pairs of limbs are found, they are fore limbs which are anteriorely located paired limbs and the next pair of limbs are the hind- limbs which are longer than the fore- limbs.d.
dTail; It is the last part of the body. It is not very long but short and bushy.
Whole the body is covered with hair which is one of the important character of the class mammalia.
      Squirrels have the alternating longitudinal stripes of alternating black and brown colour on the dorsal side of its body which is the identifying feature. They are herbivorous animals and have the strong grasping power. They climb on the trees and can leap very fast to the long distance.
Distribution: It is distributed in the most ofthe tropical countries of South Asia like Nepal, India, Bangladesh etc.