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Common Name:Squirrel, Eastern Fox
Scientific Name:Sciurus niger
Family:Sciuridae
Area:Salemtowne - Salem, Oregon
Date:February 16, 2014

This Eastern Fox Squirrel is show eating Bigleaf Maple seed pods. The Eastern Fox Squirrel is larger and chubbier than the more common Eastern Gray Squirrel found in our cities. The Eastern Fox is also browner with an orange underside as compared to the white underside of the Eastern Gray.



Willamette Mission State Park, Oregon - - - December 30, 2004

Reference:Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest by Kozloff / National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals by Whitaker