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From: jeffp@phred.UUCP (Jeff Parke)
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Re: Black Squirrels
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Date: 8 Feb 88 15:58:04 GMT
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>>... In both of these towns there are "Black Squirrels".  They are
>>smaller than normal squirrels and are not found in any of the surronding
>Princeton, in New Jersey, also has a black squirrel population,
>...
>come from Brittish Columbia, and I believe these pocket
>>I would like to find out where they came from.  What kind of resources are
>>there to help me find out what part of the world the squirrels are native?

In Davenport, Iowa there is a substantial population of black squirrels.  I
grew up there with the notion that they were originally imported from China
by a fellow named Palmer, who also founded the Palmer Chiropractic School
there.  You might try writing that institution to see if this is true.
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