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Black Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
44.6447, -85.7673
Field Notes
Description:
"The black squirrel is a melanistic subgroup of the grey squirrel." This meaning that the black squirrel has dark pigmented skin produced by two copies of mutual mutant genes. It is a subgroup because they are not as dominant as grey squirrels, however this is changing and they seem to be growing in the northern parts of America.
Habitat:
Black squirrels can be found in regions of the Midwestern and Northeastern United States, Ontario, Quebec. They can live wherever grey squirrels habit.
Notes:
Black squirrels are mostly abundant in Battle Creek, Michigan, however they can be seen as far as Santa Clara in the U.S.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2014
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