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The fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), also known as the eastern fox squirrel or Bryant's fox squirrel, [3] is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America. It is sometimes mistaken for the American red squirrel or eastern gray squirrel in areas where the species co-exist , though they differ in size and coloration.
Southern fox squirrels have two types of nests, leaf nests and den nests. [6] Den nests are remodeled cavities in trees that they use as nurseries in winter seasons. [8] If den nests aren't available, southern fox squirrels will build waterproof leaf nests from twigs, leaves, moss, and grasses. [8]
Mexican fox squirrels typically produce a single small litter of 1 or 2 young in late spring or summer. [10] Mexican fox squirrels nest in ball-shaped dreys composed of sticks and leaves in trees; cavities within large trees are occasionally used, especially by nursing females. They are known to communally nest at times.
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Additionally, with increasing climate change Sherman’s fox squirrels are at an immediate disadvantage. [13] The other fox squirrel subspecies in Florida is the mangrove or Big Cypress fox squirrel (Sciurus niger avicennia), which lives southwest of Lake Okeechobee. [1]
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Approximately half of the fox squirrels found in Council Bluffs are melanistic. [13] Melanistic fox squirrels in Council Bluffs have since expanded across the Missouri River to other areas in the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area; with melanistic fox squirrels now accounting for 4.6 to 7.6 percent of fox squirrels in Omaha. [13]
Foxes are sly, mischievous creatures—ones that do not intentionally fraternize with humans. So, spotting one in the wild is rare, as well as lucky. "There is a reason [for seeing one]," Mello says.