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The eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), also known, particularly outside of North America, as simply the grey squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It is native to eastern North America, where it is the most prodigious and ecologically essential natural forest regenerator.
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An Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) eating a nut in St. James's Park, London. Although native to eastern North America , the species has been introduced into a variety of locations. In England , gray squirrels have mostly replaced native Red Squirrels and have no natural predators, which has added to their rapid population growth ...
“Black” gray squirrels are a melanistic (darkly pigmented) variant that can be locally common, as in the Wooster area. A black form of the eastern gray squirrel gnaws on a woodchuck skull.
A black eastern gray squirrel in Calgary, Alberta. The species was introduced into the area in the 1930s. Eastern gray squirrels, including their black morphs, were introduced into British Columbia during the early 1900s. [3] The species was also later introduced into other areas of Canada to which it was not native, such as Calgary, Alberta ...
The eastern grey squirrel was introduced to Continental Europe in 1948 and has quickly taken advantage of Europe's food sources, habitats and lack of predators for grey squirrels. [1] Genetic studies have shown that human intervention-- released pets and intentional dispersal--may play a much larger role in the spread of grey squirrels than ...
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