Chordata: Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae: Sciurus carolinensis [return to Home Page]

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Scientific name: Chordata: Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae: Sciurus carolinensis
Common Name: Eastern Gray Squirrel

Country: USA
State/District: MD
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Date: 18 March 2001

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
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Keywords: A Eastern Gray Squirrel Forest Ecology rodent Rodentia
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Scientific name: Chordata: Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae: Sciurus carolinensis
Common Name: Eastern Gray Squirrel (black variety)

Country: USA
State/District: DC
County:
Date:

Photographer: Daniel S. Kjar

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Collector: not applicable
Location: National Museum of American History
Keywords: A Eastern Gray Black Squirrel Forest Ecology rodent Rodentia
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Black squirrels were introduced into Washington, D.C., from Canada at a time when our local grey varieties population was reduced by hunting. Now the black morph is common in most parts of the city. -- D.S.K

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