Scientific name: Chordata: Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae: Sciurus carolinensis
Common Name: Eastern Gray Squirrel (black variety)
Country: USA
State/District: DC
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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 Additional Information:
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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