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From: robert@artecon.UUCP (Robert C. Kunciov)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Black Squirrels
Message-ID: <794@artecon.UUCP>
Date: 3 Feb 88 22:03:37 GMT
References: <166700003@uiucdcsb>
Reply-To: robert@artecon.UUCP (Robert C. Kunciov)
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There is a variety of squirrel whose range extends from southern Canada to some
of the northern US border states.  It is primarily black (with gray mixed
pelage) and smaller than the average gray squirrel.

It may be _Sciurus nigra_, but you would have to check with the nearest 
museum of natural history.  Quite possibly this pocket of squirrels is left
over from part of their normal extended range.
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= Robert Kuncio  {sdcsvax|hplabs|ncr-sd|hpfcla|ihnp4}!hp-sdd!artecon!rck      =
=      "Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,            =
=      "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail."    =
=                              Lewis Carroll, _Alice in Wonderland_           =