squirrel reading a book with glasses

>This article is about the animal. For the programming language, see Squirrel programming language. Many, see the article Sciuridae. Squirrel is the common name for rodents of the family Sciuridae (from Greek skia shadow and oura tail i.e. "tail that casts a shadow"). In everyday speech in the English-speaking world it usually refers to members of the genera Sciurus and Tamiasciurus. These typical members of the family are tree squirrels with large bushy tails, and are native to Europe, Asia and the Americas. Similar genera are found in Africa. However, the Sciuridae also include flying squirrels, and ground squirrels such as the chipmunks, prairie dogs, and woodchucks. The unrelated family Anomaluridae also have "squirrel" in their common name, though they are usually referred to as "scaly-tailed flying squirrels". See more at Wikipedia.org...

land">English village situated in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire, an area of outstanding natural beauty. Read lies on the A671 which was originally built as a turnpike road from Portfield to Padiham in the 1840's.The 16th Century saw the gradual development of what is now the old village of Read, along the main medieval road between [Whalley] and Padiham. Read Hall was the seat of the Nowell family from the 1300's and Roger Nowell played a central role in the trials of the Pendle Witches of 1612. The Battle of Read Old Bridge was fought in 1643 between a Royalist force and Parliamentarians, resulting in the downfall of the Lancashire Royalist cause. See more at Wikipedia.org...