The squirrel was an animal native to Earth. While exploring a mysterious planet in 2104, USCSS Covenant crewmember Katherine Daniels reflected that the environment was too quiet, and that she would give up a month's pay to catch sight of a squirrel, or at least an alien variant. An evolutionary equivalent to the squirrel, the snuffle-squirrel, was native to Zagreus. While following a trail of abandoned weapons aboard the Xenomorph-infested vessel USM Auriga in 2381, smuggler Frank Elgyn remembered employing a similar tactic using crackers and peanut butter to lure squirrels into a box trap during boyhood days spent with his grandfather; he recognized the ploy too late to avoid being killed by a Cloned Xenomorph.
Appearance
- Alien Resurrection (novel) (mentioned only)
- Alien: Covenant (novel) (mentioned only)
- Alien: Echo (mentioned only)