1 86 The Mammals of Colorado 
subspecies, one of which, S. fremonti neomexicanus, may possibly 
range into southern Colorado. 
Habits. — Fremont's Squirrel is more or less common in 
the spruce and pine zones of Colorado, all through the 
mountainous parts of the State. About Colorado Springs 
it has a vertical range from a trifle over 6,000 to above 11,000 
feet. Its food is largely the cones of the pines and spruces 
amongst which it lives, and, like Abert's Squirrel, it leaves 
heaps of the debris of the cones at its feeding places. It 
stores cones to some extent in the fall, by hiding them in 
holes in the ground and elsewhere. 
FIG. 60. Fremont's squirrel, Sciurus fremonti, " charlie " 
From hfe, E. R. Warren, Photo. 
Its nests are built in the trees, of twigs and grass and moss, 
and I think it also to some extent uses underground habita- 
tions. The breeding season is in the spring, and about four 
young form a litter. They are born the last of May and 
early in June. 
These squirrels will sometimes become very tame when 
