the Erdhörnchen and the tree-croissants has itself, on two quite different habitats, how its name already indicates, specializes: The one lives in subterranean walk-systems of partially big expansion that leads others a life in the treetops.
From the first group, the layman knows above all the prairie-dogs, the marmots and the strip-croissants while the type of the tree-living in croissants is characterized by our native squirrel.
General characteristics The earth and tree-croissants put the bulk of the croissants. its feet carry big claws, that are very useful at the ditch or with the mountaineering for them. they have manifested, sharp senses; Eye and hearing are well developed. The wheezy tones of the marmots, with whom the animals standing on stations warn its Artgenossen, might trust some nature-observer in the Alps. its dog-similar barking even was for the prairie-dogs name-gives. Corresponding voice-remarks with social meaning are generally widespread with the ground-living in croissants.
System The largest group of the tree-living in croissants is united in the type Sciurus. Beside the squirrel, the gray-croissant and the fox-croissant belong to the most known Sciurus-Arten. The most splendid representatives of the tree-tied croissants are the beautiful-croissants undoubtedly from the indomalaiischen area. The biggest types as well up to 50 cm of length finds we under the South-Asian giant-croissants. Further representatives of the tree-living in croissants are the palm-croissants, that dwarf-croissant, the long-nose-croissants and the red-thigh-croissants.
The red-croissants take a mediating position of tree and erdbewohnenden's croissants.
Less known ground-living in croissants are the bristle-croissants, the strip-croissants and the gophers.
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