Wallpaper with a cute red squirrel in a thick winter coat, which balances on a wooden fence by help of its strong hind legs and sharp, curved claws. The Red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel is a species in the genus Sciurus, widespread in coniferous woods in northern Europe and Siberia and temperate broad-leaved woodlands in western and southern Europe. The red squirrel is rodent, which eats mostly the seeds of trees within the conifer cones.