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Eastern Fox Squirrel

Sciurus niger

Description:

Large squirrel with orange belly.

Habitat:

This one nearly stole my lunch at a park. This is an abundant species even in very urban situations.

Notes:

Some specimens are entirely black.

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1 Comment

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

These are cute. I have seen disputes between birds and squirrels. Birds can be very brave when they take on larger animals.
Recently I spotted this squirrel. It has too much white in it and I feel that is a subspecies of a fox squirrel.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/191...

BugEric
Spotted by
BugEric

Colorado, USA

Spotted on Aug 8, 2012
Submitted on Jan 5, 2013

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