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Old 03-23-2017, 09:41 AM
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Black squirrels are native to Canada - see them in Ottawa all the time.
We have them here in the Boston area also. Sounds like they're spreading...
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Rumour has it they are on tour.
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Old 03-23-2017, 10:22 AM
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Don't want to derail the albino animal thread but since melanism is the opposite side of the same coin...

I'd just like to point out that there's no such thing as a "black squirrel," they are actually melanistic Eastern Grey Squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis. In other words, squirrels that appear grey can mate with those that appear black and produce viable offspring.

The lack of pigments is albinism, the production of too much is melanism...they are direct opposites and have similar heritability.

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BTW, don't say "grey squirrel" to anyone from the UK...
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Not sure if this is albino or not. Pink dolphin in Louisiana:

http://www.newsweek.com/unusual-pink...a-river-369882

My bet is, it is. The pictures of it swimming next to mom are cute as they can be.
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Here in the Uk our native Squirrels are smaller delicate "red squirrels". For some daft reason American greys were introduced in the 1870s. Larger, more ravenous and have largely displaced our reds aprt from some small protected corners.

We don't have raccoons here - esp. not white ones.

I did see a white rabbit once. He was wearing a red waistcoat, tapping a pocket watch and muttering about being late.
I followed him down a hole and ...............................
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Don't want to derail the albino animal thread but since melanism is the opposite side of the same coin...

I'd just like to point out that there's no such thing as a "black squirrel," they are actually melanistic Eastern Grey Squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis. In other words, squirrels that appear grey can mate with those that appear black and produce viable offspring.

The lack of pigments is albinism, the production of too much is melanism...they are direct opposites and have similar heritability.

Phil

BTW, don't say "grey squirrel" to anyone from the UK...
There is black colored variety of Alberts Squirrel probably melanistic ? the "Sciurus aberti ferreus" has an all black appearance common in Rockies of N. Colorado. That has a pretty striking appearance

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I'd just like to point out that there's no such thing as a "black squirrel," they are actually melanistic Eastern Grey Squirrels, Sciurus carolinensis. In other words, squirrels that appear grey can mate with those that appear black and produce viable offspring.

The lack of pigments is albinism, the production of too much is melanism...they are direct opposites and have similar heritability.
Yup. Glad you posted this. There is a variety of colors that can be found amongst grey and presumably fox squirrel. In WI we have many colonies of black, of course the occasional albino and what I think are the most stunning, both a beautiful silver (not grey) and sometimes a gorgeous blond color (not albino). Both those colors are special to me not only for their inherent beauty, but their rarity as well.
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