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Fox squirrel

Sciurus niger

Description:

A species of squirrel. These are medium-sized tree-climbing rodents. Their fur is brown and grey ticked. There is a more rufous brown present on the face and tail. Fox squirrel, possibly?

Habitat:

Forested and urban areas.


2 species ID suggestions

Fox squirrel
Sciurus niger
Fox Squirrel
Sciurus Niger

2 Comments

AlexanderStein
AlexanderStein a year ago

Ah, that's neat! I'm conducting an extremely obscure piece for band from the 40's called Legend of the Rockies. Even Google search fail with that one. 0_o

bayucca
bayucca a year ago

I have my ears full of tricky Richard Strauss and Mozart during the 2-days preparations for a concert and trying to imagine what kind of music are you conducting on your icon pic ;-)...

Eugene, Oregon, USA

Lat: 44.04, Long: -123.07

Spotted on Oct 21, 2011
Submitted on Jan 6, 2012

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