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  2. Southern fox squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The southern fox squirrel can vary in length from 20–26 inches (51–66 cm) and they can weigh from 1.5–2.6 pounds (0.68–1.18 kg). [3] They are about double the size of the much more common eastern gray squirrel. [4]

  3. Black squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Black squirrels are a melanistic subgroup of squirrels with black coloration on their fur. The phenomenon occurs with several species of squirrels, although it is most frequent with the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger). Black morphs of the eastern gray and fox squirrels are the result of a ...

  4. Tufted ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Its skull is also distinctive, being longer and flatter than most squirrels. The animal's dorsum is predominantly brown with a reddish tone, and it has unusually hairy ears with large red to dark brown tufts. A longitudinal stripe of a white to buff to yellow colour, sometimes accompanied by a dark brown stripe, runs along the flank. [2] [3]

  5. Here's what squirrels, persimmons & other natural signs say ...

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    What does the behavior of squirrels say about winter weather? Squirrel at Central Park on October 12, 2023 According to folklore, the bushier the squirrel's tail, the colder the winter.

  6. Fox squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), also known as the eastern fox squirrel or Bryant's fox squirrel, [3] is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America.It is sometimes mistaken for the American red squirrel or eastern gray squirrel in areas where the species co-exist, though they differ in size and coloration.

  7. These SC squirrels are the most variably colorful in the ...

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    The southern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger niger) is a close relative of the gray squirrel, which is one of the most common squirrel species in the country, and is considered to be the most variably ...

  8. Squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Ground squirrels and tree squirrels are usually either diurnal or crepuscular, [24] while the flying squirrels tend to be nocturnal—except for lactating flying squirrels and their young, which have a period of diurnality during the summer. [25] During hot periods, squirrels have been documented to sploot, or lay their stomachs down on cool ...

  9. Abert's squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The currently accepted scientific name for Abert's squirrel is Sciurus aberti Woodhouse, 1853. [4] Woodhouse had initially described the species as Sciurus dorsalis in 1852, but this name turned out to be preoccupied by Sciurus dorsalis Gray, 1849 (now a subspecies of variegated squirrel S. variegatoides), and thus the present species was renamed.