Black is Gray
Black squirrels are very common in my area. They are a melanistic subgroup of the Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). They seem more aggressive than other squirrels, at least in my yard, so much so that only black squirrels remain by autumn, and they are continuously chasing each other as well as any other squirrels remaining.
This one was seen amid the fallen autumn leaves on a trail along West Grand Traverse Bay, near the point of Old Mission Peninsula, Peninsula Township, Michigan.
Black is Gray
Black squirrels are very common in my area. They are a melanistic subgroup of the Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). They seem more aggressive than other squirrels, at least in my yard, so much so that only black squirrels remain by autumn, and they are continuously chasing each other as well as any other squirrels remaining.
This one was seen amid the fallen autumn leaves on a trail along West Grand Traverse Bay, near the point of Old Mission Peninsula, Peninsula Township, Michigan.