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An albino squirrel on campus at the University of North Texas. Albino populations, or "white squirrels", were early focuses of such history and have been noted on college campuses. The University of Texas at Austin's (UT) white squirrel population helped popularize albino squirrels as good luck charms; such folklore includes the animal being ...
Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman. August 14, 2024 at 12:00 PM. Spotting an albino squirrel on UT's campus may be good luck, but what about an albino raccoon? A rare, all-white dumpster ...
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]
The Albino Squirrel Preservation Society was founded at the University of Texas at Austin in 2001. Members of the society at the University of North Texas petitioned for an election to name their albino squirrel as the university's secondary mascot. The University of Louisville in Kentucky also has a documented population of albino squirrels.
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Some folks have been poking fun at “fat” squirrels in central Ohio. Here's what could be going on.
The black squirrel has been used as an "unofficial" mascot of Kent State University and Portage County, Ohio, since the late 20th century. [32] [49] Kent State University hosts an annual "Black Squirrel Festival," a festival that commemorates the introduction of the species on the university campus in 1961. [50]
Sciurini (/ s ɪ ˈ j uː r ɪ n iː /) is a tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels, [2] mostly from the Americas. It includes five living genera—the American dwarf squirrels, Microsciurus; the Bornean Rheithrosciurus; the widespread American and Eurasian tree squirrels of the genus Sciurus, which includes some of the best known squirrel species; the Central American ...