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  2. Eastern gray squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Eastern gray squirrels are crepuscular, [24] or more active during the early and late hours of the day, and tend to avoid the heat in the middle of a summer day. [40] They do not hibernate. [41] Eastern gray squirrels can breed twice a year, but younger and less experienced mothers normally have a single litter per year in the spring.

  3. Western gray squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) is a tree squirrel found along the western coast of the United States and Mexico. In some places, this species has also been known as the silver-gray squirrel, the California gray squirrel, the Oregon gray squirrel, the Columbian gray squirrel and the banner-tail.

  4. Learn Why Squirrel’s Practice This Peculiar Behavior - AOL

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    There are two types of caching strategies squirrels use: larder hoarding and scatter hoarding. When larder hoarding, the squirrel chooses one or two strategically located spots to store their ...

  5. Squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Squirrels, being primarily herbivores, eat a wide variety of plants, as well as nuts, seeds, conifer cones, fruits, fungi, and green vegetation. Some squirrels, however, also consume meat, especially when faced with hunger. [21] [32] Squirrels have been known to eat small birds, young snakes, and smaller rodents, as well as bird eggs and insects.

  6. Douglas squirrel - Wikipedia

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    They also eat the fleshy scales of green giant sequoia cones, as well as acorns, berries, mushrooms, the eggs of birds such as yellow warblers, and some fruit including strawberries and plums. Douglas squirrels are larder hoarders, [7] storing their food in a single location or 'larder' called a midden. As the squirrel peels the scales of cones ...

  7. Ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Ground squirrels are rodents of the squirrel family that generally live on the ground or in burrows, rather than in trees like the tree squirrels.The term is most often used for the medium-sized ground squirrels, as the larger ones are more commonly known as marmots (genus Marmota) or prairie dogs, while the smaller and less bushy-tailed ground squirrels tend to be known as chipmunks (genus ...

  8. Squirrel with Absolutely Zero Shame Steals Woman's Pastry ...

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    For the rest of us, we need to accept that squirrels aren't particularly interested in befriending us. They sort of want to keep their distance. That doesn't mean they won't get up close, however.

  9. Southern flying squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Their eyes do not open until they are 24–30 days old. Mothers wean their young 65 days after they are born. The young then become fully independent at around 120 days of age. Southern flying squirrels show substantial homing abilities and can return to their nests if artificially removed to distances of up to a kilometer. Their home ranges ...