Species Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 (Eastern gray squirrel)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Rodentia
  • ---- family: Sciuridae
  • ----- species: Sciurus carolinensis
Characteristics:omnivore; total-length: 50 cm, tail-length: 22 cm; grey-brown or silvery-grey upperparts, white underparts; is the only squirrel species of the south-western cape;
Countries:
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1202
Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
AT1203
Montane fynbos and renosterveld
Links:
References:Stuart and Stuart 2007: 96
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Date: 2010-03-09
Place: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Creator: e_monk
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Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27382342
Date: 2008-08-02
Place: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Creator: e_monk
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: The other possible title was, "My Kung-Fu is better than yours."  #91 
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/26811368
Creator: Ken Thomas
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Comments: An Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) contemplating another raid on my birdfeeders.
Photo taken with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20 in Johnston County, North Carolina, USA.
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