GRAY SQUIRREL 



Sciurus carolinensis. 



The squirrel family is divided into three groups, the tree squir- 

 rels which make their homes in tree tops ; rock squirrels, which live 

 among the rocks, fences, tree roots, etc., and the ground squirrels, 

 found in the prairie countries. Of the first of these groups, the 

 gray squirrel is a typical representative, having an extensive range, 

 average size and a common coloring. He is well known from south- 

 ern Canada, throughout New England, south to Florida and Texas, 

 and west to Minnesota and Kansas. In appearance he is one of the 

 most graceful and handsome of the whole family, being shapely and 

 well proportioned in form and of a soft clear gray color above and 

 white below. His beautiful bushy tail measures about half his en- 



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