Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788

Gray Squirrel

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Mammal

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Family: Sciuridae

Genus: Sciurus

Species: Sciurus carolinensis

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Sciurus carolinensis

Sciurus carolinensis — In a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2003-06-16

Sciurus carolinensis — In a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-03-06

Sciurus carolinensis — In a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2012-06-19

Sciurus carolinensis — In a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2012-06-19

Sciurus carolinensis — In a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2012-06-19

Sciurus carolinensis — Drinking from a hummingbird feeder
Essex County, MA
Date: 2012-06-19

Sciurus carolinensis — On a roof, eating seeds of red maple and looking in the window
Essex County, MA
Date: 2013-06-27

Sciurus carolinensis — Using a baffler as a perch
Essex County, MA
Date: 2011-04-19

Sciurus carolinensis — Eating from the bird feeder
Essex County, MA
Date: 2011-04-19

Sciurus carolinensis — Tracks
Essex County, MA
Date: 2017-01-19

Sciurus carolinensis — Tracks
Essex County, MA
Date: 2014-02-04

Sciurus carolinensis — Tracks
Essex County, MA
Date: 2015-01-10