Adults weigh 454-681 g (1-1.5 lb). The deciduous forests of the eastern half of North America provide optimum habitat for the gray squirrel, but the range includes portions of the mixed forest in ...

“Squirrels are remarkably good at what they do,” said John L. Koprowski, co-author of the book “North American Tree Squirrels ...

This common tree squirrel of the Adirondacks is about half the size of a gray squirrel, and is stouter, longer, and lacks the dorsal stripes of the eastern chipmunk. The red squirrel is about 30 cm ...

These squirrels are not albinos, but rather a variant of the eastern gray squirrel. A legend says Brevard’s white squirrels came to be because of an overturned carnival truck in Florida.

There are many critters designated by law to symbolize North Carolina. For example, we have an official state bird (red cardinal); reptile (Eastern box turtle); horse (Colonial Spanish mustang); mollu ...

Population estimates for the squirrel range from 450 to 1,400 individuals — a ... Western gray squirrels superficially resemble invasive eastern gray squirrels, but they are bigger and have bushier ...