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Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Description:

Black squirrel

Habitat:

Local neighborhood

Notes:

Just the one squirrel out twenty or so grey squirrels

2 Species ID Suggestions

birdterp
birdterp 13 years ago
Eastern Grey Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Eastern gray squirrel
Kali
Kali 11 years ago
Black squirrel
Sicurus carolinesis


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2 Comments

Kali
Kali 11 years ago

It is a black squirrel. (sicurus carolinesis) The black squirrel is a melanistic subgroup of the eastern gray squirrel.

spencerd76
spencerd76 12 years ago

I saw two of those black squirrels in Winchester, Indiana in Feb, 2011

MatthewKollstedt
Spotted by
MatthewKollstedt

Fairfield, Ohio, USA

Spotted on Mar 24, 2011
Submitted on Mar 25, 2011

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