Albinos are more frequent than in many rodents. 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 ...

A buffy or white eye-ring is present in all seasons. 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 ...

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 ...

which is about a pound heavier than a mature gray squirrel. Fox squirrels can also be different colors. In the eastern parts of the state, fox squirrels tend to be black with a white belly and ...

Population estimates for the squirrel range from 450 to 1,400 individuals — a critically small population ... Western gray squirrels superficially resemble invasive eastern gray squirrels, but they ...