Cat-squirrel

Weight

761.9 g – 803.7 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

14.9 years – 16 years

Diet

Herbivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

44.3 days

Young per litter or clutch

3

Age at maturity

11.6 months

Litters or clutches a year

1.64

Active

By day (diurnal)

Lifestyle

Arboreal

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familySciuridae
6. genusSciurus
7. SpeciesSciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Red squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

Eastern gray squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Sciuridae

P

Persian squirrel

Sciurus anomalus

SciuridaeNo free photo yet

J

Japanese squirrel

Sciurus lis

SciuridaeNo free photo yet

A

Abert's squirrel

Sciurus aberti

SciuridaeNo free photo yet

W

Western gray squirrel

Sciurus griseus

SciuridaeNo free photo yet

CompareCat-squirrel vs Red squirrelCat-squirrel vs Eastern gray squirrelCat-squirrel vs Persian squirrelCat-squirrel vs Japanese squirrel

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@misc{cat_squirrel_2026,
  title = {Cat-squirrel (Sciurus niger)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cat-squirrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}