She also is credited with leading a successful program to bolster the population of golden lion tamarins, endangered squirrel-sized monkeys that live in South America. From Wordnik.com. [Panda Doc Devra Kleiman Has Died] Reference
A new order of mammals has been named based on a recently discovered fossil of a squirrel-sized animal that lived at least 130 million years ago and was capable of gliding flight. From Wordnik.com. [Science] Reference
#2–Male hunters did go on big game hunts, but probably only once a month at most; most of the animal food that people ate was deer size or even smaller game like rabbits and squirrel-sized which women also hunted. From Wordnik.com. [Rapid health improvements with a Paleolithic diet | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
The squirrel-sized numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus, VU), is one example - the marsupial equivalent to the anteaters of South America and also known by the names of walpurti or banded anteater, the numbat is the only member of the family Myrmecobiidae. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in Southwest Australia] Reference
Rat patrol finds squirrel-sized vermin near Fansawe College. From Wordnik.com. [London Free Press] Reference
The squirrel-sized monkeys have some high-profile benefactors. From Wordnik.com. [NewsOK.com RSS - home] Reference
Scientists unearth fossil of 150 million year old squirrel-sized dino. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
Sinornithosaurus, was a 125-million-year old squirrel-sized dinosaur covered in complex feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
Dr Mittermeier first saw the squirrel-sized creature in Daraina, a protected area in the northeast of Madagascar. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
My basement bachelor apartment only has two windows, one of which has a newly chewed squirrel-sized hole in the screen. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
A new long-tongued, squirrel-sized species of lemur has been discovered in Madagascar, researchers report today Dec. 13. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
All the marks were only 4 to 7 millimeters long and 1 millimeter wide, suggesting they were made by squirrel-sized animals. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
Two raccoon-sized traps, two gray squirrel-sized traps and a flying-squirrel/chipmunk trap were baited with peanut butter and Slim. From Wordnik.com. [CapeCodToday Blog Chowder] Reference
"And we thought this was the coolest thing: the meerkat exhibit," she said of the area for the squirrel-sized mongooses from Africa. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
The effort relies heavily on creating alternative livelihoods for local people who would otherwise collect the squirrel-sized primate for the pet trade or raze its habitat for agriculture. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
He shared the findings with Longrich, and the two teamed up to document a number of such specimens and determined that an unknown species of multituberculate possibly the furry, squirrel-sized ptilodus dug its teeth into the dead dinosaurs bones to extract calcium for its own bones. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
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