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A University of North Texas student referendum was held to name Baby, a white squirrel on campus, as a secondary mascot. [10] The student body narrowly voted against such an action. [ 10 ] In 2019, Oberlin College adopted "Yeobie the Squirrel", a representation of an albino squirrel, as its mascot. [ 11 ]
Sherman's fox squirrel (Sciurus niger shermani) is a subspecies of the fox squirrel. It lives in the U.S. states of Florida and Georgia in fire-prone areas of longleaf pine and wiregrass, especially around sandhills. [1] A tree squirrel, Sherman's fox squirrel has lost much of its habitat to farming and development.
Baby squirrels are weaned around ten weeks, then stay with their mother for several more weeks learning to forage. If the babies are born in autumn, they may even winter over with their moms.
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.
Seven people were charged in a trafficking operation that trapped thousands of flying squirrels in Florida with an estimated retail value of over $1 million and sold them to buyers in Asia, state ...
"A squirrel has more touchdowns than Travis Kelce this season," teased another commenter. "You need the football to score a touchdown.. sorry squirrel," a third person chimed in. "Close enough ...
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.
Other university campuses that have albino squirrel populations include Oberlin College in Ohio, [76] Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, [77] Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky (which has had a population of albino squirrels since the 1960s), [60] and Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio. [citation needed]