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Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

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Field Notes

Description:

The gray squirrel’s appearance differs seasonally. The yellowish brown summer coat becomes thicker and gray in winter, the pelage of some individuals strikingly silver-gray. Underparts and eye-rings are buffy brown to white, usually lighter in winter.

Habitat:

The deciduous forests of the eastern half of North America provide optimum habitat for the gray squirrel but the range includes portions of the mixed forest in southern Canada.

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AntónioGinjaGinja
Welcome to Project Noah Brad Robertson Nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing We hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: We invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself,see you arround :)
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PublishedOctober 21, 2015

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