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Black squirrels occur with the highest frequency in Ontario and Michigan, and are the predominant color morph found in those areas; [15] with the black morph accounting for 66 percent of squirrels documented on iNaturalist in Ontario, and 56 percent in Michigan. [15]
Amphibians and Reptiles, Michigan Department of Natural Resources Mammals , Michigan Department of Natural Resources State of Michigan - Crayfish Species Checklist , James W. Fetzner Jr., Section of Invertebrate Zoology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, 28 January 2008
Sciurini (/ s ɪ ˈ j uː r ɪ n iː /) is a tribe that includes about forty species of squirrels, [2] mostly from the Americas. It includes five living genera—the American dwarf squirrels, Microsciurus; the Bornean Rheithrosciurus; the widespread American and Eurasian tree squirrels of the genus Sciurus, which includes some of the best known squirrel species; the Central American ...
The squirrels are non-territorial, with several individuals often feeding from the same tree. They cache nuts on the ground, and generally descend to ground level when alarmed, rather than jumping between branches. [2] They have been reported to make alarm calls that sound like a sneeze followed by a chattering noise. [7]
Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, is home to frequently-sighted white squirrels that live on and around the campus. [ 12 ] Beloit College estimates it has around 200,000 squirrels on campus [ 6 ] and was noted to feature its squirrel population in an admissions video in 2010. [ 13 ]
A recent phylogeny suggests the squirrels as a family can be divided into five major lineages. Red squirrels (Tamiasciurus) fall within the clade that includes flying squirrels and other tree squirrels (e.g., Sciurus). [6] There are 25 recognized subspecies of the American red squirrel. [7]
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Marmots are large ground squirrels in the genus Marmota, with 15 species living in Asia, Europe, and North America.These herbivores are active during the summer, when they can often be found in groups, but are not seen during the winter, when they hibernate underground.