Red squirrels!!!!!!!!!!!?

list the various factors that have contributed to the fall in numbers of the red squirrels and the rise in numbers of the grey squirrel ? plz help me i cant find anything !!!!!!!!Red squirrels!!!!!!!!!!!?
I'm sure deforestation is one of them.





I also found this online~





Red squirrels are also known to suffer from a viral infection (parapox virus) which causes symptoms similar to those of myxomatosis in rabbits. The disease is invariably fatal and can lead to local extinctions.Red squirrels!!!!!!!!!!!?
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here are some good articles about squirrels





Red Squirrel


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Squirre…


(click on the blue letters for a direct connection


and


American Red Squirrel


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Re…


(click on the blue letters.....there is an especially enchanting photograph of a red squirrel .... you can click on the picture and enlarge it to print it if you have a color printer....)





Eastern Gray Squirrel


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Gra…


and


Western Gray Squirrel


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Gra…





and !!!!!


The All New Squirrel Place


http://www.squirrels.org/index.html








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Grey squirrels dominating territory over the red squirrels.