Fox squirrel

Description:

•It's the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America. •They eat generally masts, tree buds, insects, tubers, bulbs, roots, bird eggs, seeds of pines and spring-fruiting trees, fungi and agricultural crops. •They are diurnal and non-territorial. •They spend more time on the ground than most other tree squirrels.

Habitat:

Open forest stands with little understory vegetation, agricultural land, forest edges, urban and suburban areas -I saw these squirrels in Naperville (USA)