User blog comment:ScottyBlue/Gingiverian: Chapter 17/@comment-1738724-20110508023149/@comment-74.235.83.215-20110508023454

it's not a squirrel, it's a Haselmaus, or "Hazel Dormouse". See here for a picture of one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Haselmaus.JPG