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Female Douglas squirrel, with a battle-scarred left ear, eating a peanut on a moss-covered maple branch.
"He is, without exception, the wildest animal I ever saw, --a fiery, sputtering little bolt of life."
That description may be a bit exaggerated.
John Muir concluded: "The Douglas squirrel is by far the most interesting and influential of the California Sciuridae [squirrel family], surpassing every other species in force of character, numbers, and extent of range, and in the amount of influence he brings to bear upon the health and distribution of the vast forests he inhabits."
DSC08584
Female Douglas squirrel, with a battle-scarred left ear, eating a peanut on a moss-covered maple branch.
"He is, without exception, the wildest animal I ever saw, --a fiery, sputtering little bolt of life."
That description may be a bit exaggerated.
John Muir concluded: "The Douglas squirrel is by far the most interesting and influential of the California Sciuridae [squirrel family], surpassing every other species in force of character, numbers, and extent of range, and in the amount of influence he brings to bear upon the health and distribution of the vast forests he inhabits."