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Black Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Photo by Stephen Wain
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The black squirrel occurs as a "melanistic" subgroup of both the eastern gray squirrel and the fox squirrel

Habitat:

Seen in a garden in Girton, Cambridge along with greys. Appeared slightly smaller than the greys

Reference Links:

Black squirrel - Wikipedia

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