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American Motors American Motors Corporation (AMC) was an American automobile company formed on January 14 1954 by the merger of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and the Hudson Motor Car Company. At the time, it was the largest corporate merger in U.
American Mountain Guides Association The American Mountain Guides Association is a non-profit organization that seeks to represent the interests of American mountain guides by providing support, education, and standards. The Association offers training courses and certification exams in rock, alpine and ski mountaineering.
American Movie American Movie is a documentary about the making of an independent film. Milwaukee filmmaker Mark Borchardt feverishly works to finish his independent horror film Coven, only to slip into a downward spiral of poor financing and lack of interest by his friends.
American Museum in Britain The American Museum in Britain American Museum in Britain website is based at Claverton Manor, near Bath in a house, designed by Jeffry Wyatville and built in the 1820sGarden Visit website (Grid reference ST 785640). It is now a grade I listed building.
American Museum of Natural History The American Museum of Natural History is a landmark on the Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York, USA. The museum has a scientific staff of more than 200, and sponsors over 100 special field expeditions each year.
American Museum of Science and Energy Located in the heart of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE) is a science museum designed to teach both children and adults about energy, especially nuclear power. The museum began in 1949 in an old wartime cafeteria, but did not officially open until 1975.
American Museum of the Moving Image Located at the site of the former Astoria Studios (now operating as the Kaufman Astoria Studios) in the borough of Queens in New York City (USA), the Museum of the Moving Image (originally named the Astoria Motion Picture and Television Center Foundation, then the American Museum of the Moving Image before dropping the "American" ) was founded in 1977. Its mission statement is to educate "the public about the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media and to examine their impact on culture and society.
American Music Award The American Music Awards show is one of four annual major American music awards shows (the others being the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). The AMAs were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC.
American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary New Artist The American Music Award for Favorite Adult Contemporary New Artist has been awarded since 1992 but discontinued since 1994. All New Artist awards are now combined in the Favorite New Artist category, the title having went through some changes since its introduction.
American Music Club American Music Club is a San Francisco-based band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. Although commonly lumped with other bands from the "slowcore" and "sadcore" movements, AMC is better known for mastering the disparate strands of American music into a wholly unique synthesis all their own.
American Music Theatre Project The American Music Theatre Project (AMTP) was introduced in May 2005 by Northwestern University’s School of Communication, in collaboration with the School of Music, Kellogg School of Management, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, and the Graduate School. The project brings together the nation’s leading artists in music theatre to work in collaboration with NU’s faculty and students.
American Musical and Dramatic Academy The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, or AMDA, is a school for the performing arts located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. The school is a 2 year, Professional Certificate-granting conservatory with stringent auditions for admittance.
American Musical Instrument Society The American Musical Instrument Society (AMIS) was formed in 1971 "to promote better understanding of all aspects of the history, design, construction, restoration, and usage of musical instruments in all cultures and from all periods" (the branch of musicology known as organology). Based in the United States, it publishes a quarterly newsletter and an annual journal, holds annual conferences, often in conjunction with the Galpin Society, maintains an active website, and presents five awards including the Curt Sachs Award for lifetime contributions to the goals of the society, the Nicholas Bessaraboff prize for best book-length publication in English, and the Frances Densmore prize for best article-length publication in English.
American Musicological Society The American Musicological Society is a membership-based organization founded in 1934 to advance scholarly research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship; it grew out of a small contingent of the Music Teachers’ National Association and, more directly, the New York Musicological Society (1930-34). Its founders were George S.
American Napier (automobile) The American Napier was an automobile sold by the Napier Motor Car Company of America which initially imported assembled Napiers from England. From late 1904 the cars were assembled under licence in Boston, Massachusetts.
American National Bank Building (Pensacola, Florida) The American National Bank Building (also known as the Florida National Bank Building or Empire Building) at 226 South Palafox Street in Pensacola, Florida, United States is a historic bank. On November 17, 1978, it was added to the U.
American National Bank Building (West Palm Beach, Florida) The American National Bank Building (also known as the Commercial and Savings Bank or Morrison's Cafeteria) at 114 South Olive Avenue in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States is a historic bank. On October 8, 1997, it was added to the U.
American National Business Hall of Fame The American National Business Hall of Fame (ANBHF), established in 1972, which researches and promotes examples of what it considers exemplary business leadership. It is managed by an executive office, and has representatives from universities throughout the United States.
American National Corpus American National Corpus (ANC) is a paid membership-based collaboratory with the aim of creating an electronic collection of American English. The collection will include text and transcripts of spoken data produced from 1990, with the goal of a 100 million word corpus.
American National Socialist Workers' Party The American National Socialist Workers' Party is a neo-Nazi group in the United States formed in July 2006 by following a schism from the National Socialist Movement. Its Commander is former NSM spokesman Bill White.
American National Standards Institute The American National Standards Institute or ANSI (IPA pronunciation: ) is a private nonprofit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organization also coordinates U.
American National Standards Institute Nanotechnology Panel The American National Standards Institute-Nanotechnology Standards Panel (ANSI-NSP) enables stakeholders in nanotechnology to work together to coordinate the development of voluntary standards. Such standards include terminology and materials properties and measurement procedures to facilitate commercialization of applications and uses of nanotechnology.
American National Theater The American National Theater is an effort on behalf of individuals in the theater community to establish a permanent home in New York City for the best theater productions America has to offer. The productions would be chosen from regional theaters across the nation and brought to New York with their original creative teams intact.
American Nazi Party The American Nazi Party was a political party formed on March 8, 1959 by George Lincoln Rockwell with the sole intent of reviving Nazism in the United States. The organization was headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and maintained a bookstore and visitor's center at 2507 North Franklin Road (now a coffeehouse).
American Near East Refugee Aid The American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) is the leading American NGO focused on providing humanitarian aid to the Middle East. Since 1968, ANERA has partnered with local groups to create opportunity and hope in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon and Jordan.
American Negro Labor Congress The American Negro Labor Congress was established in 1925 by the Communist Party as a vehicle for advancing the rights of African-Americans, propagandizing for communism among the black community and recruiting African-American members for the party. The organization attacked the segregationist practices of many of the unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor; it also campaigned against lynching, the disfranchisement of black Americans, and Jim Crow laws.
American Negro League The American Negro League (ANL) was a professional baseball league that operated on the east coast of the United States in 1929. The Eastern Colored League (ECL), which had served as the eastern Negro League from 1923 through 1927, had fallen apart in early 1928.
American Night American Night is a collection of poetry by Jim Morrison, front-man for the 1960s psychedelic rock group, The Doors, published after his death in 1971. The title is eponymous with a poem that appears on the album "American Prayer", itself a collection of spoken word and musical vignettes released in 1978.
American Ninja 2: The Confrontation American Ninja 2: The Confrontation is a 1987 action/adventure sequel starring Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Jeff Weston, Gary Conway, and Larry Poindexter. It was directed by Sam Firstenberg and written by Gideon Amir, James Booth, Gary Conway and Avi Kleinberger.
American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the International Criminal Court The American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the International Criminal Court (also AMICC) is an umbrella group of United States based non-governmental organizations that works to build support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the United States. It is affiliated with the United Nations Association of the United States of America and consists of 35 member and observer organizations, as well as several geographically-based local alliances of interested individuals.
American Notes American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America in 1842. He traveled mainly on the east coast and Great Lakes area of both the United States and Canada, primarily by steamship, but also by rail and coach.
American Nuclear Society The American Nuclear Society is a non-profit, educational organization established by a group of individuals who recognized the need to bring together professional activities within the fields of nuclear science and technology. It was founded on 11 December 1954.
American Oaks The American Oaks at Hollywood Park was created to provide a fillies only format turf horse race on the West Coast of the United States. Since its inception in 2002, it has strived to become a world class race by bringing in some of the best fillies from all over the world and having them race in California at Hollywood Park.
American Oil Chemists Society The American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) is an American professional organization based in Urbana, Illinois that deals with science and technology-related issues regarding fat, edible oil, surfactants, and other related materials.
American Oriental Society The American Oriental Society was chartered under the laws of Massachusetts on September 7, 1842. It is one of the oldest learned societies in America, and is the oldest devoted to a particular field of scholarship.
American Ornithologists' Union The American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) is the oldest and largest ornithological organization in the Western Hemisphere. Unlike the National Audubon Society, its members are primarily professional ornithologists rather than amateur birdwatchers.
American Overseas School of Rome The American Overseas School of Rome is a school for English-speaking students in grades kindergarten through 12, although Italian students wanting to attend higher education in their country need to take an additional 13th year, serving the international community in Rome, Italy. Students graduating receive the American high-school diploma, or the International Baccalaureate if they take classes according to the International Baccalaureate Organization curriculum.
American Oystercatcher The American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), occasionally called the American Pied Oystercatcher, is a member of family Haematopodidae. The bird is uniquely marked by its black and white body and a long, thick orange beak.
American paddlefish The American Paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, also called the Mississippi Paddlefish or Spoonbill, lives in slow-flowing waters of the Mississippi River drainage system. This large freshwater fish may grow to 220 cm (7 ft) and weigh up to 100 kg (220 lbs).
American pale ale American Pale Ale (APA) is a style of American beer based at least originally on beers of the British pale ale tradition. They are pale to amber in color and generally their flavor and aroma is centered around the citric and pine character of American hops with caramel-like malt flavors and fruity esters from the ale yeast playing a supporting role.
American parfait An American parfait is a dessert normally made by layering cream or ice cream or flavored gelatin dessert with other ingredients such as granola, nuts, yogurts, syrups, fresh fruit, or whipped topping. A parfait is normally made in a tall clear glass making all layers visible.
American patriotic music American patriotic music owes its origins to four main wars — the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the American Civil War, and the Spanish American War. During the period prior to American independence, much of America's patriotic music was aligned with the political ambitions of the British in the new land.
American popular music Even before the birth of recorded music, American popular music had a profound effect on music across the world. The country has seen the rise of popular styles that have had a significant influence on global culture, including ragtime, blues, jazz, rock, R&B, doo wop, gospel, soul, funk, heavy metal, punk, disco, house, techno, salsa, grunge and hip hop.
American Paint Horse The American Paint Horse is a breed of horse that combines both the conformational characteristics of a western stock horse with a pinto spotting pattern of white and dark coat colors. Developed from a base of spotted horses with Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred bloodlines, the American Paint Horse is now one of the fastest-growing breeds in the United States.
American Palestine Public Affairs Forum The American Palestine Public Affairs Forum (APPAF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that attempts to promote the interests of Palestinians in the United States. The organization promotes non-violence, democracy in the Middle East, and a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
American Parliamentary Debate Association The American Parliamentary Debate Association (APDA) is the oldest intercollegiate parliamentary debating association in the United States, and one of two in the nation overall, the other being the National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA). APDA sponsors roughly 40 tournaments a year, all in a parliamentary format, as well as a National Championship.
American Pastime American Pastime is the fourteenth album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). Their only studio album not to feature the band's three founding vocalists (Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells), it sold poorly and the band broke up soon afterwards.
American Pastoral American Pastoral is a Philip Roth novel concerning Seymour "Swede" Levov, an all-around good guy whose life is ruined by the "indigenous American berzerk". The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 and was included in All-TIME 100 Greatest Novels.
American Peace Society The American Peace Society was a pacifist group founded upon the initiative of William Ladd, in New York City, May 8, 1828. It was formed by the merging of many state and local societies, from New York, Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, of which the oldest, the New York Peace Society, dated from 1815.
American Philatelic Society The American Philatelic Society (APS) is the largest nonprofit stamp collecting and philately society in the world, with over 47,000 members as of 2003. Although currently headquartered in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, having recently moved from its long time headquarters in State College, Pennsylvania, both the membership and interests of the society are worldwide.
American Philological Association The American Philological Association (APA), founded in 1869, is a non-profit North American scholarly organization devoted to classical studies in language, literature, and history, especially of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. It is the preeminent association in the field, and publishes a prestigious journal, Transactions of the American Philological Association (TAPA).
American Philosophical Association The American Philosophical Association is the main professional organization for philosophers in the United States. Founded in 1900, its mission is to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work and teaching of philosophers, and to represent philosophy as a discipline.
American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society is a discussion group founded as the Junto in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin. Through research grants, published journals, the upkeep of an extensive library, and regular meetings, the society continues to advance careful study in a wide variety of disciplines in the humanities and the sciences.
American Physical Society The American Physical Society was founded in 1899 and is the world's second largest organization of physicists. The Society publishes more than a dozen science journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and
American Physical Therapy Association The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is a national professional organization representing more than 66,000 members. Its goal is to foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research, and education.
American Pie Council The American Pie Council (APC) is the only organization committed to preserving America's pie heritage and promoting American's love affair with pies. Designed to raise awareness, enjoyment and consumption of pies, the APC offers both Personal and Commercial Memberships.
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile is a 2006 comedy film released straight to DVD on December 19, 2006. After the success of American Pie Presents: Band Camp, it was decided to make another sequel to the American Pie film.
American Pit Bull Terrier The American PitBull Terrier (APBT) is a breed of dog in the terrier group, one of several breeds loosely classified as pit bulls. Dogs of this breed are known for their strength, loyalty, and “gameness” (tenacity).
American Planning Association The American Planning Association (APA) is a professional organization representing the field of city and regional planning in the United States. The American Institute of Certified Planners is its professional institute.
American Players Theatre American Players Theatre (APT) is a classical theater located in Spring Green, Wisconsin, about forty miles west of Madison. The outdoor theatre itself sits in a natural amphitheater in the woods near the Wisconsin River.
American Podiatric Medical Association The American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) is the premier professional organization representing the nation's Doctors of Podiatric Medicine (podiatrists). The APMA represents approximately 80 percent of the podiatrists in the country.
American Poetry Since 1950 (poetry anthology) American Poetry Since 1950: Innovators and Outsiders is a 1993 poetry anthology edited by Eliot Weinberger. First published by Marsilio Publishers, it joined two other collections which appeared at that time: From the Other Side of the Century: "A New American Poetry, 1960-1990" (1994; edited by Douglas Messerli) and "Postmodern American Poetry", a 1994 poetry anthology edited by Paul Hoover.
American Political Science Association The American Political Science Association (APSA) was founded in 1903 and is the leading professional organization for the study of political science and has 15,000 members in 80 countries. With a range of programs and services for individuals, departments and institutions, APSA brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors to expand awareness and understanding of politics.
American Poolplayers Association With roots dating back to the National Pool League (founded in 1979), the American Poolplayers Association (APA) was founded in 1981. The APA conducts leagues in a franchised-based system of local pool leagues.
American Pop American Pop is a 1981 American animated film directed by Ralph Bakshi. The film tells the story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music.
American Postal Workers Union The American Postal Workers Union (APWU) is a labor union in the United States. It represents employees of the United States Postal Service who are clerks, maintenance employees, and motor vehicle service workers.
American Poster Institute The American Poster Institute (API) is a California nonprofit corporation dedicated to promoting poster art and serving poster artists. Among the API’s stated goals are: (1) support for the community of artists creating entertainment-related posters; (2) fostering interaction and communication between these artists: (3) constantly improving standards in the field; and (4) furthering public awareness and appreciation of the art form.
American Power Boat Association The American Power Boat Association was started in 1903 as a racing association for powerboats. It manages racing series for several different types of boats, including the "Factory" and "Unlimited Hydroplane" classes.
American Precision Museum American Precision Museum is located at 196 Main Street, Windsor, Vermont in a building which was once home to the Robbins & Lawrence Armory company. The museum is home to the largest collection of historically significant machine tools in the United States.
American President Lines American President Lines Ltd. (now simply referred to as APL) is the world's sixth largest container transportation and shipping company, providing services to more than 140 countries through a network combining intermodal freight transport operations with IT and e-commerce.
American Primitivism American Primitivism, also known as American Primitive Guitar, is the guitar music genre started by John Fahey in the late 1950's. Fahey composed and recorded avant-garde/neo-classical compositions using traditional country blues fingerpicking techniques, which had previously been used primarily to accompany vocals.
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) is an organization started by David Corwin to enhance its member's ability to respond to allegations of child abuse. It has a chapter in California with the acronym of CAPSAC.
American Programmer American Programmer magazine is a high-end independent journal for programmers and software technologists. The magazine was founded in the 1990s, and published by Edward Yourdon, inventor of the Yourdon Method of structured systems analysis and design methodology (SSADM) and the Coad/Yourdon Object-Oriented Analysis Methodology.
American Prohibition Foundation The American Prohibition Foundation is a Colorado corporation created in 2002 by a faction of the Prohibition Party headed by Earl Dodge. It is not associated with the National Prohibition Foundation which was originally incorporaed in Indiana in 1952.
American Protective League The American Protective League was a World War I-era private organization that along with federal police like the Bureau of Investigation worked in support of the anti German Empire movement and against anti-war citizens and organizations.
American Psychiatric Association The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States, and the most influential world-wide. Its some 36,000 members are mainly American but some are international.
American Psycho (film) 'American Psycho' is a 1999 film (released in 2000) adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' controversial novel American Psycho debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in April 14, 2000, starring Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Chloë Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, Willem Dafoe and Samantha Mathis.
American Psychologist The American Psychologist is the official journal of the American Psychological Association. It contains archival documents and articles covering current issues in psychology, the science and practice of psychology, and psychology's contribution to public policy.
American Psychopathological Association The American Psychopathological Association (APPA) was founded in 1910, and according to its website, "is devoted to the scientific investigation of disordered human behavior, and its biological and psychosocial substrates."
American Public Health Association The American Public Health Association (APHA) is a professional organization for public health professionals in the United States. The APHA has more than 50,000 members from over 50 occupations of public health.
American Public Media American Public Media is the brand under which Minnesota Public Radio distributes public radio programming outside of the state of Minnesota. American Public Media is responsible for distribution of Garrison Keillor's well-known weekend program A Prairie Home Companion program; on weekdays, its most prominent program is Marketplace.
American Public Media Group American Public Media Group (APMG), formerly Minnesota Communications Group, is the non-profit organization that is the parent of non-profits Minnesota Public Radio and Southern California Public Radio (KPCC 89.3 FM), along with the for-profit Greenspring Company, as well as MPR's Fitzgerald Theatre.
American Public School Endowments American Public School Endowments, or APSE, is a national outgrowth of The Acadiana Educational Endowment that is based in Louisiana. The APSE believed to be the first comprehensive foundation for public education in the world.
American Public Television American Public Television (APT) is the largest of the television syndication distributors of programming for public television stations in the United States. It began in 1961 as the Eastern Educational Television Network (EEN) and was the first distributor of shows such as The French Chef (with Julia Child), Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and Washington Week in Review to the rest of what was then National Educational Television (not yet PBS).
American Public Transportation Association The American Public Transportation Association is a Washington, DC based non-profit organization that serves as an advocate for the advancement of public transportation programs and initiatives in the United States since the organization's founding in 1882. It educates the public about the benefits of public transportation through organized bus, light rail, rapid transit and other programs.
American Public University System The American Public University System (APUS) is a private, for-profit university system encompassing American Military University and American Public University. APUS maintains corporate and academic offices in Charles Town, West Virginia and administrative offices located in Manassas, Virginia, and offers online associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees catering heavily to military and government-employed students.
American Pygmy Kingfisher The American Pygmy Kingfisher, Chloroceryle aenea, is a resident breeding bird which occurs in the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to western Ecuador, central Bolivia and central Brazil. It also occurs on Trinidad.
American Quarter Horse The American Quarter Horse is a breed of horse originally bred for sprinting short distances, typically races of a quarter mile or less. The Quarter Horse is the most popular breed in the United States, and is the largest breed society in the world, with over 3.
American Quarter Horse Association The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), based in Amarillo, Texas, is an international organization dedicated to the preservation, improvement and record-keeping of the American Quarter Horse, a breed of horses known throughout the globe for endurance, performance, conformation, and pedigree.
American Queen American Queen is the largest steamboat ever built. The ship is a six-deck recreation of a classic Mississippi riverboat, and is operated by the Delaware North Companies, which bought the bankrupt Delta Queen Steamboat Company in 2002.
American rule (legal term) The American Rule is a rule regarding assessment of attorneys' fees arising out of litigation. The American Rule provides that each party is responsible to pay its own attorney's fees unless specific authority granted by statute or contract allows the assessment of those fees against the other party.
American Radiator Building American Radiator Building (which was renamed to the American Standard Building) is a 103 meter tall building in New York City in the borough of Manhattan, located at 40 West 40th Street looking out onto Bryant Park.
American RadioWorks American RadioWorks is a dedicated documentary production unit operated by American Public Media, the program distribution arm formerly known by the name of its parent organization, Minnesota Public Radio, which may be best known for A Prairie Home Companion.
American Railway Association The American Railway Association (ARA) was an industry trade group representing railroads in the United States. The organization had its inception in meetings of General Managers and ranking railroad operating officials known as Time Table Conventions, the first of which was held on October 1, 1872, at Louisville, Kentucky.
American Railway Union The American Railway Union (ARU), was the largest union of its time, and the first industrial union in the United States. It was founded on June 20 1893, by railway workers gathered in Chicago, Illinois, and under the leadership of Eugene V.
American Rare Breed Association The American Rare Breed Association or ARBA is a national kennel club of the United States, based in Cheltenham, Prince George's County, Maryland. The club was formed to register, show, educate and promote the breeding of uncommon dog breeds.
American Record Corporation The American Record Company, often known as ARC Records or simply ARC, was a United States based record company. It resulted from the merger in July of 1929 of Regal Records, Cameo Records, Banner Records, the US branch of Pathé Records and the Scranton Button Company, the parent company of Emerson Records.
American Red Cross The American Red Cross (chartered as the American National Red Cross) is a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States, as part of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
American Red Cross Nursing Service The American Red Cross Nursing Service was organized by Jane Arminda Delano (1862-1919). A nurse and member of the American Red Cross, Delano organized the nursing service as the reserve of the Army Nurse Corps to be ready just before the entry of the United States into World War I.
American Red Squirrel The North American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) is one of two species of tree squirrel currently classified in the genus Tamiasciurus and known as pine squirrels (the other is the Douglas squirrel, T. douglasii).

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