Tree squirrels range in color from black, brown and gray to red or red orange, with cream-colored bellies. They range in size from seven to 12 inches, with their bushy tails almost as long as ...

When parted, the white hairs of the belly show gray bases, the fur on the upper parts of the body has a reddish brown ... squirrel resembles the southern. Adults are 250-298 mm (10-11.7 in) in total ...

The yellowish brown summer coat becomes thicker and gray in winter ... The deciduous forests of the eastern half of North America provide optimum habitat for the gray squirrel, but the range includes ...

The actual hairs on a squirrel with normal color have bands of black, white and brown, which give the squirrel it gray appearance. Black squirrels have a melanistic (from the word melanin ...

A researcher at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped identify a new squirrel species. UNCG assistant professor and mammalian expert Bryan McLean worked over the course of years to ...