The American Red Squirrel, the fox squirrel and the eastern gray squirrel are three different species. The binomial names are...
American Red = Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Fox = Sciurus niger
Gray = Sciurus carolinesis
Gordy
I'm gonna have to look these up. Thanks Gordy. We're taught in the Gulf South that Fox and Red Squirrels are the same. Kinda like the way their just figuring out that the Florida Panther isn't really a seperate species from cougars like they used to believe but rather is an isolated subset that will benefit from the infusion of Texas cougar genes. This one is new to me. Do you have any info on the status of the Flying Squirrel?
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