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[E Fremont squirrel is the most audacious 

 and wide-awake of wild folk among whom I 

 have lived. He appears to be ever up and doing, 

 is intensely in earnest at all times and strongly 

 inclined to take a serious view of things. Both 

 the looks and manners of Mr. Fremont, Sciurus 

 fremonti, proclaim for him a close relationship 

 with the Douglas squirrel of California and the 

 Pacific coast, the squirrel immortalized by John 

 Muir. 



His most popular name is "Pine Squirrel/' 

 and he is found through the pine and spruce 

 forests of the Rocky Mountains and its spur 

 ranges, between the foothills and timber-line; a 

 vertical, or altitudinal, range of more than a mile. 

 He assumes and asserts ownership of the region 

 occupied. If you invade his forests he will see 

 you first and watch you closely. Often he does 

 this with simple curiosity, but more often he is 

 irritated by your presence and issues a chatter- 



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