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Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Photo by jbrown
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Field Notes

Description:

The forest
The squirrel looks grey, Leaping from trees, and getting away from predators
Oak-Hickory hardwood forests
Birds Northern Goshawks, Red-tailed hawks, and Broad-winged hawks. Also foxes, coyotes, dogs, and cats are their main predators.
Tree bark, tree buds, berries, seeds, acorns, walnuts, other nuts, and some mushrooms is what they eat.
It takes about 40 to 44 days for the gestation period of female squirrels with one to nine babies born into the leafy den. Which is mostly a hollow tree. A squirrel's life span is usually 6 to 12 years in the wild. If the get lucky, the survive for 20 years in captivity.

Habitat:

The forest.

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PublishedDecember 18, 2018

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