Eastern Gray Squirrel
sciurus carolinensis
40.6613, -73.9696
Field Notes
Description:
Round face black eyed squirrel, fur is a black and brown coat with a long bushed tail with a white undercoat which often gives them there grayish look
Habitat:
Lives mainly in dense live oak trees, sometimes they den in hollow trees as well. there producers are maily the sunlight and grasses,and have only a small amount of predators which include, Red foxes, hawks,raccoons and snakes.
Notes:
They feed on acorns when available and feeds twice a day in the mornings and the late afternoons. These Eastern Gray Squirrels breed year round but mainly in August And July.with the males being the most promiscuous. They also are Herbivores eating only nuts,fruits,and acorns sometimes insects which could make them in some ways a omnivore.
Its Best Adaptation Is It has the ability to leap from tree to tree n the mist of getting away from predators.
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