Sciurus niger
Location: Nesting in oaks, roam the yard. Frequent the feedlot in winter, playing in the white pine and blue spruce
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The Fox Squirrel's natural range extends throughout the eastern United States, north into the southern prairie provinces of Canada, and west to the Dakotas, Colorado, and Texas. Fox squirrels are most often found in forest patches of 400,000 square metres or less with an open understory, or in urban neighborhoods with trees. They thrive best among trees such as oak, hickory, walnut and pine that produce winter-storable foods like nuts. Link photo photo Genus: Sciurus (squirrels, chipmunks, woodchucks) Family: Sciuridae (squirrels) Order: Rodentia (rodents) Class: Mammalia (Mammals) Phylum/Division: Chordata (Spinal chorded) Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) |