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A Facebook group dedicated to these squirrels, called I've Seen the Albino Squirrel of Michigan Tech, was created for people to post photographs and anecdotes of their encounters with the white squirrels, and includes some stories from Michigan Tech alumni that recall seeing white squirrels in Houghton dating back to the 1930s.
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 seen as a sign a student will ace an exam if spotted prior. [8]
Spotting an albino squirrel on UT's campus may be good luck, ... Photos of the albino raccoon, taken by Rodolfo Garza, were shared on X by KBTX-TV news anchor Rusty Surette.
The currently accepted scientific name for Abert's squirrel is Sciurus aberti Woodhouse, 1853. [4] Woodhouse had initially described the species as Sciurus dorsalis in 1852, but this name turned out to be preoccupied by Sciurus dorsalis Gray, 1849 (now a subspecies of variegated squirrel S. variegatoides), and thus the present species was renamed.
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This squirrel born without his hind legs is the embodiment of 'thinking on your feet.' A 15-second video has sprung up online showing the arboreal rodent manoeuvring with ease across a driveway on ...
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.
Black squirrels are a melanistic subgroup of squirrels with black coloration on their fur. The phenomenon occurs with several species of squirrels, although it is most frequent with the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) and the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger). Black morphs of the eastern gray and fox squirrels are the result of a ...