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Sciurus carolinensis
Check out the video to see this squirrel in action! There is an incredible variety of eastern gray squirrels in southern Ontario from the common gray form to a black form to blond but this is the first time I've seen one like this mostly black but with a rufous colored upper back and intensely contrasting rufous tail. Last photo shows him going for the bird feeder. Reminds me of this other wildly colored squirrel. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/766...
urban
I spotted this in my own backyard. I get a lot of squirrels and birds in my backyard. Sometimes I also get visited by raccoons, groundhogs, skunks, opossums and most recently, a deer!
Spotted on Jul 2, 2012
Submitted on Jul 3, 2012
55 Comments (1–25)
Thanks Lizzy! I think so too.
Amazing spotting! His coloring is astonishing!
Thank you Pradeep and Joel.
Nice pics, lovely animal!
Wow very beautiful!
Thanks Adarsha and Jack. Thanks for the support.
Wow! Very cool. This deserves SOTD!
How adorable :)
Thanks doreen. Michele, it appears the only way to share are with Facebook and Twitter, unless you copy and paste the link yourself.
EXCUSE ME IS THERE NO OTHER WAY TO SHARE THAN TWITTER ? THANKS
Very beautiful.
Thanks Mona!
Beautiful squirrel... so cute.. :) and very nice video :)
Melanism is the development of dark pigment, not necessarily too much pigment. Thanks again!
so leucistics are lack of pigment and melanstic is too much pigment, correct? i also love melanistics
Thanks Landmark, I like them too, especially when I don't have to leave the house to see them!
i adore albinos and leucistics. they are extraordinary!
Thanks Jessica and Sandra!
Wow !!
Cool
Thanks kay, glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you Perils and Meredith.
Wow...what a lucky find! Beautiful colors.
cute. Another treasure in your very own backyard.
I used to see these at my grandparents house. We would call them "fox squirrels". Very pretty, thanks for the video!
Thanks Mayra.