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A western gray squirrel eating pine seeds from a pine cone. Squirrel nests are called dreys and can be seen in trees, built from sticks and leaves wrapped with long strands of grass. There are two stick nest types made by the western gray squirrel: the first is a large, round, covered shelter nest for winter use, birthing, and rearing young.
Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae. White-tailed antelope squirrel, Ammospermophilus leucurus; Golden-mantled ground squirrel, Callospermophilus lateralis; Gunnison's prairie dog, Cynomys gunnisoni
Colorado Springs: 7: Black Squirrel Creek Bridge: Black Squirrel Creek Bridge: October 15, 2002 : U.S. Highway 24 at milepost 327.33: Falcon: Demolished and replaced in 2012. [7] 8: Boulder Crescent Place Historic District
A herd of elk on Flattop Mountain. There are 67 native species of mammals in Rocky Mountain National Park, a 265,461 acres (107,428 ha) park in Colorado. [1] Species are listed by common name, scientific name, habitat, and abundance. [2]
Gray squirrel or grey squirrel may refer to several species of squirrel indigenous to North America: The eastern gray squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis ), from the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; introduced into the United Kingdom, Ireland, western North America, Italy, and South Africa
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The currently accepted scientific name for Abert's squirrel is Sciurus aberti Woodhouse, 1853. [4] Woodhouse had initially described the species as Sciurus dorsalis in 1852, but this name turned out to be preoccupied by Sciurus dorsalis Gray, 1849 (now a subspecies of variegated squirrel S. variegatoides), and thus the present species was renamed.
The SLW Ranch, formerly known as the Percheron-Norman Horse Ranch, is an historic ranch located approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Greeley, Colorado, near the confluence of the Platte River and Crow Creek. In 1998 it was honored by the Colorado Historical Society as a Centennial Ranch.