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Fox squirrel

Sciurus niger

Photo by BrunoMoller
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Field Notes

Description:

•It's the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America.
•They eat generally masts, tree buds, insects, tubers, bulbs, roots, bird eggs, seeds of pines and spring-fruiting trees, fungi and agricultural crops.
•They are diurnal and non-territorial.
•They spend more time on the ground than most other tree squirrels.

Habitat:

Open forest stands with little understory vegetation, agricultural land, forest edges, urban and suburban areas
-I saw these squirrels in Naperville (USA)

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