Chirit (DinosaursRoar's Version)

Chirits are short-legged long-bodied squirrels that are native to North American temperate forests.

Description
Chirits are short-tailed, unlike most other species of tree-dwelling squirrels. Their legs are short compared to most squirrel species, so to make up for that, they have a quicker reaction to danger than most other squirrels and can quickly escape by moving quickly in a caterpillar-like form of locomotion.

Distribution
They are native to North America, but have been introduced successfully into Eurasian forests from zoos and safari parks, resulting their population to explode from 27 once escaped to more than 400 million. Despite this, they have no negative impact towards any native squirrel species, unlike the highly invasive grey squirrel.

Behavior
They are normally solitary animals and don't normally live together unless the mating season arrives, when the males compete with each other for the mate with their high-pitch shreeks.

Conservation Status
Chirits are listed as least concern as they aren't facing any known threats and can adapt into cities really well.