Lennox Invasive Species by Lennox Villatoro https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku A project en-us 2020-10-15 16:24:01 UTC 2025-10-21 05:12:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Eastern Grey Squirrel 3526094 https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/833076254 2020-10-15 16:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/833076254 What is the species scientific name? 3526094 https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/833104572 Sciurus carolinensis]]> 2020-10-15 16:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/833104572 What is the species native habitat 3526094 https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/833143419 The eastern and mid-western parts of America and the south-eastern parts of Canada.]]> 2020-10-15 16:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/833143419 What is the species invaded habitat 3526094 https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/833167194 The grey squirrel has invaded many places. It has invaded Italy, South Africa, and the United Kingdom/England.]]> 2020-10-15 16:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/833167194 Resources 3526094 https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/833168557 https://www.psu.edu/dept/nkbiology/naturetrail/speciespages/graysquirrel.htm
http://animalia.bio/eastern-gray-squirrel
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/Sciurus_carolinensis.htm]]> 2020-10-15 16:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/833168557 How was the species introduced? 3526094 https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/836199040 It was released from the London Zoo and there on spread some of the population to England. How it was spread to Italy was that America shipped them squirrels as pets. Of course some escaped and spread the population to Italy.]]> 2020-10-16 16:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/836199040 Was the introduction intentional or accidental? 3526094 https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/836214249 While its introduction was intentional, it escaping and making itself part of the animals in the UK and in Italy was accidental.]]> 2020-10-16 16:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/836214249 What is the species impact on the ecosystem? 3526094 https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/836225939 It is a carrier of the disease parapoxvirus which is deadly to the red squirrel. They eat bark in the winter when food is scarce leaving trees vulnerable to disease.]]> 2020-10-16 16:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/836225939 How can we prevent more invasions from this organism? 3526094 https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/836236814 Don't put them in zoos or ship them as much as we used to. This way if there are some there will be less escaping and we can handle spreads of the organism.]]> 2020-10-16 16:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/3526094/yy5lz4dy3zpo95ku/wish/836236814