Squirrel

Squirrels are a common sight in humanoid cities, wherever trees line the street or parks provide a green space within city walls. Such urban squirrels have no fear of humanoids, acting with sizable boldness and aggression. They may even approach citizens to beg for food, or outright steal belongings they take interest in.

Squirrels gather edible nuts in the fall and bury them, laying away stashes of food to help them through the winter. They have no compunctions about stealing another squirrel’s hidden nuts, a habit they use to make up for how often they forget where they’ve buried their own nuts. Squirrels have a keen sense for where something has been buried, and a strong compulsion to dig it up again and see what it is. As a result, some treasure hunters adopt them as mascots

Squirrels have keener eyes than most other rodents. When they see a predator or other threat, they give a chittering call that alerts other animals in the area. When a hunter finds the forest strangely empty, they often have the squirrels’ vigilance to thank. Skilled elven rangers often cultivate spy networks among squirrels in order to gather news of comings and goings in the forest.