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The population of black squirrels has since spread throughout the Pioneer Valley, with large populations existing in Amherst and Westfield. [9] During this same period, black squirrels from Canada were also released at parks in Princeton, New Jersey. [38] A black eastern gray squirrel atop a fence in Hertfordshire, U.K.
Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) CR; Columbian ground squirrel (Spermophilus columbianus) LC; Arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii) LC; Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus saturatus) LC; Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis) LC; Eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) LC; Fox ...
Townsend's chipmunk (Neotamias townsendii) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It lives in the forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America, from extreme southwestern British Columbia through western Washington and western Oregon. Townsend's chipmunk is named after John Kirk Townsend, an early 19th-century ...
The island of Saint Martin is divided into a French and a Dutch part. Its rodent fauna is similar to that of nearby Anguilla. Amblyrhiza inundata, a giant hutia also known from Anguilla (see there). [38] An oryzomyine has been recorded at an Amerindian site at Hope Estate on the French side of the island which dates from about 500 BCE. [41]
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.
Shorter burrows are dug as hiding places. This ground squirrel's home range is two to three acres (0.8 to 1.2 ha). Late in life, naturalist John James Audubon made a final expedition to the western plains in search of four-footed mammals. These striped ground squirrels would be tempting prey for many birds, especially hawks and owls.
Hoary marmot near Helen Lake, Banff National Park, Canada. The hoary marmot is a large, bulky, ground squirrel, with short, heavy limbs, and a broad head.
The Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus saturatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, in the order Rodentia. [2] It is the largest species of the three within the genus Callospermophilus. [2] It is found in the Cascade Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada and the state of Washington, United ...