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Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Photo by HaydenG
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Black fur, small, nimble/quick

Habitat:

Forest

Species ID Suggestions

grey squirrel (melanistic black variation)

Sciurus carolinensis

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Comments (1)
LaurieTherrien
its probably melanotic, like albino, but black instead, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_squirrel

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PublishedFebruary 26, 2012

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