Fox Squirrel Siiurus niger 



The gray squirrels are valuable for their fur and 

 as game. Their enemies are hawks, mice, foxes, red 

 squirrels. There are usually hve young in a litter. 



Fox Squirrel: Yellow Bellied Fox Squirrel 



Sciiiriis nigrr rufi'venter 



The fox squirrel is the largest of our squirrels 

 and is less generally distributed over the State. There 

 are probably two species of fox squirrels in Pennsyl- 

 vania. The largest species (Sciurus niger) varies from 

 a glossy black to a clay color mingled with black above 

 and a whitish gray beneath. The nose and ears are 

 white, while the top of the head is black. 



The body is large and heavy and the ears are mod- 

 erately long. The tail is an admixture of black and 

 yellowish and is approximately one-half the body 



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