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Rock squirrels are one of the largest members of the family Sciuridae, with adults measuring up to 21 inches (53 cm) in length. [3] In front and on top, the squirrel's coat is a speckled grayish brown; on the rear and bottom, the gray becomes a more mottled brownish-black tone.
The black squirrel has been used as an "unofficial" mascot of Kent State University, and the county it resides in 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]
Otospermophilus is a genus of ground squirrels in the family Sciuridae, containing three species from Mexico and the United States. Otospermophilus was formerly placed in the large ground squirrel genus Spermophilus, as a subgenus or species group.
The Baja California rock squirrel (Otospermophilus atricapillus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. [2] It is endemic to Baja California, Mexico. [1] [2]
Baja California rock squirrel; Big pocket gopher; Black-wristed deer mouse; Burt's deer mouse; C. Callospermophilus; Chinanteco deer mouse; D. Delicate deer mouse;
The large black squirrel population around Washington DC is the result of an introduction of eighteen specimens brought from Ontario and released into the National Mall by President Teddy Roosevelt.
Squirrels are generally small animals, ranging in size from the African pygmy squirrel and least pygmy squirrel at 10–14 cm (3.9–5.5 in) in total length and just 12–26 g (0.42–0.92 oz) in weight, [8] [9] to the Bhutan giant flying squirrel at up to 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in) in total length, [10] and several marmot species, which can weigh 8 kg ...
Also squirrels—although the jazz pianist might have been a more mangled chipmunk. All with hand crocheted outfits made by the father. It was the one time my mother forced me to go to a kid’s ...