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Eastern gray squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Habitat:

Gardens of University of Leicester

Notes:

It has been introduced to Europe where it's out competing the native red squirrel.

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Eastern gray squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Eastern gray squirrel


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3 Comments

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

No worries :-)

FaredinAliyevski
FaredinAliyevski 9 years ago

Oh, thanks a lot for the correction!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 9 years ago

Hi Faredin! The grey squirrel species introduced to the UK is the Eastern grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis.

FaredinAliyevski
Spotted by
FaredinAliyevski

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Jun 6, 2014
Submitted on Jun 22, 2014

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