Species Detail - Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "National Invasive Species Database".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Sciurus carolinensis
Grey Squirrel
NHMSYS0000332764 RecommendedWell-formed
Invasive Species: EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation No. 1143/2014 || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 477/2011 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: High Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report) || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 374/2024 (Ireland)
sccar
Gmelin, 1788
Terrestrial mammal
Species
227
52
24
07/09/2005
29/03/2025
1 January (recorded in 2003)
31 December (recorded in 2002)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, National Invasive Species Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), accessed 31 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/397/Species/119515>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)