In the Southeast, there is a melanistic form of the fox squirrel, but here in Chicagoland, it is usually a dark gray squirrel. So, this article is as much about gray squirrels as it is black squirrels.
Common mammals like gray squirrels are often overlooked.
For example, improving habitat by adding particular plants or trees preferred by the gray squirrel can aid in the recovery of its population (Linders and Stinson 2006).
Utilization of fungi by the gray squirrel is reported to occur most during spring and summer (Carraway and Verts 1994), whereas fox squirrels utilize fungi during the summer and winter (Koprowski 1994).
Fibramatosis was observed in hundreds of gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in seven counties on the east coast of peninsular Florida in an epizootic lasting from Fall 1998 to early Summer 1999 (Terrell et al.
Naturally occurring fibromas of gray squirrels related to Shopes rabbit fibroma.
The eastern gray squirrel is typically found in the Northeast, although it has progressively spread throughout the western states.
The bellies of fox squirrels are tan or gold compared to the white bellies found on gray squirrels. Their mating habits are similar to those of the gray squirrel.
In woodland-surveillance videos, scientists have watched chipmunks,
gray squirrels, and a thrush lunge at and hop over the vipers.
reference plots, n = 100 cases (total number of habitat plots), p = 8 habitat variables and g = 2 groups; for gray squirrel vs.
Gray squirrel abundances did not differ significantly (F 3.5; P [greater than] 0.05) among seasons.
Our study examined variables that might influence the use of nest boxes by southern flying squirrels and associated
gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis).