Are there squirrels in Australia?

This is probably a really stupid question lol But I'm writing a book and the closest zoo is 4 hours away and doesnt take phone call questions and have not replied to my emails I sent about a year ago.





By squirrels I mean the sort of squirrels you find in Canada %26amp; the US. The kind with the big bushy tails, and chatter a lot, love peanuts, live in trees sort.





Are there those sort of squirrels in Australia, or does Australia have its own species that are similar, live in trees, bushy tailed rodent ?Are there squirrels in Australia?
There are no squirrels in Australia. The niche which squirrels occupy in the US %26amp; Canada is occupied by the possum, an arboreal marsupial species. See the links for more information.





Though there were once small populations of American Grey Squirrel and Northern Palm Squirrel which originated from introductions and escapees, it would appear that these populations have been entirely eradicated.Are there squirrels in Australia?
Australia became separated from the rest of the world before squirrels evolved. Almost all the mammalian nitches are filled by marsupials. The exceptions are bats, which could fly over and those mammals introduced by humans: dingo and European hare.
This year there are 2 maybe 3 nests of squirrels(12 to 18) in our little ... We don't have squirrels in Australia, but to keep possums from crawling along ...