Eastern fox squirrel
rodent
Also known as: Sciurus niger
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classification of squirrel
- In squirrel: Natural history
In the United States, the Eastern fox squirrel (S. niger) runs along the ground from tree to tree, but others, including the Eastern gray squirrel (S. carolinensis), prefer to travel through the treetops and regularly cross rivers by swimming with the head up and tail flat on the water’s surface.…
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