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The eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), also known, particularly outside of the United States, 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.
A western gray squirrel eating pine seeds from a pine cone. Squirrel nests are called dreys and can be seen in trees, built from sticks and leaves wrapped with long strands of grass. There are two stick nest types made by the western gray squirrel: the first is a large, round, covered shelter nest for winter use, birthing, and rearing young.
Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis Eastern gray squirrel. Distribution: central and southern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Subspecies: Sciurus carolinensis pennsylvanicus according to Hall (1981) and Thorrington and Hoffman (2005).
Gray squirrel or grey squirrel may refer to several species of squirrel indigenous to North America: The eastern gray squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis ), from the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; introduced into the United Kingdom, Ireland, western North America, Italy, and South Africa
Western gray squirrel, Sciurus griseus (harvest) Eastern fox squirrel, Sciurus niger (introduced, harvest) Douglas' squirrel, Tamiasciurus douglasii (harvest) Subfamily Xerinae (chipmunks and ground squirrels) White-tailed antelope ground squirrel, Ammospermophilus leucurus; Nelson's antelope ground squirrel, Ammospermophilus nelsoni (endemic)
The species is the largest tree squirrel in the state. It’s being threatened by climate change, habitat loss and frequent disease outbreaks. Gray squirrel may become endangered species in WA.
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 ...
Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus) LC; Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) LC; Eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) LC; Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) LC; Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) LC; American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) LC; Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys ...