Looking for  that squirrel in the morning was useless. But I guess it likes the heat of the midday, because then comes to tourists on Fuerteventura and takes peanuts and other sweets. This is another artificially introduced species on the island. Its natural habitat is in the north-west Africa and it is the only species of squirrels living north of the Sahara. It  lives in colonies. Sometimes you can see many minor characters moving very quickly among bushes. Outside the places visited by tourists it is skittish and it is hard to take photos there. It can have two litters a few individuals each year. The weight  of this squirrel is about 350 grams.

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FUERTEWENTURA – introduction -  Canarian Houbara
New galleries:
BIRDS : 1. Canarian Houbara. 2. Hadeda ibis. 3. Ruddy shelduck. 4. Black-bellied sandgrouse. 5. Monk parakeet. 6. Southern grey shrike.  7.Berthelot's pipit.  8.Spectacled warbler.  9. Canary island blu tits. 10. Barbary partridge. 11. Village weaver. 12. Spanish sparrow. 13. Canary Islands stonechat. 14. Rock pigeon. 15.  Lesser short-toed lark.16. Atlantic canary.
INSECTS : Monarch butterfly.
MAMMALS: Barbary ground squirrel.
REPTILES: Green iguana
And changes in the galleries1.Common kestrel.  2.Cattle egret.  3.Rose-ringed Parakeet. 4.Raven. 5.Eurasian collared dove.
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