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Black squirrel, about eight inches long, with "dirty blonde" tail.
Pacific Northwest coastal park.
Spotted in Peace Arch State Park in Blaine WA. It appeared to be somewhat habituated to humans.
Hi Allen, what a great spotting of the Eastern Gray Squirrel. I don't know how I missed that one when you first posted it. You can see another one like yours on https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/12......... by Dan Doucette.
I'm not completely sure, but I think this is a melanistic fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)
This is a melanistic squirrel. It's either a Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus griseus) or a Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger). I'm not sure from the images which species.
Spotted on Jun 7, 2023
Submitted on Jun 23, 2023
