Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
This Eastern Fox Squirrel is only the second one we've ever had in our backyard in 22 years! It showed up today "out of nowhere!" A study was done at University of IL about gray squirrels and fox squirrels:
"The Coexistence of Fox (Sciurus niger) and Gray (S. caroliniensis) Squirrels
in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. From van der Merwe, M., J.S. Brown, and W.M. Jackson. 2005. Urban Ecosystems 8:335-347.
Fox squirrels were more likely to be observed in the western and especially southwestern suburbs. There were 27 zip codes where only gray squirrels were recorded, compared to only two zip codes where only fox squirrels were recorded (60104 in the village of Bellwood and 60402 in the village of Berwyn). There were 85 zip codes for which both fox and gray squirrels were recorded."
Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
This Eastern Fox Squirrel is only the second one we've ever had in our backyard in 22 years! It showed up today "out of nowhere!" A study was done at University of IL about gray squirrels and fox squirrels:
"The Coexistence of Fox (Sciurus niger) and Gray (S. caroliniensis) Squirrels
in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. From van der Merwe, M., J.S. Brown, and W.M. Jackson. 2005. Urban Ecosystems 8:335-347.
Fox squirrels were more likely to be observed in the western and especially southwestern suburbs. There were 27 zip codes where only gray squirrels were recorded, compared to only two zip codes where only fox squirrels were recorded (60104 in the village of Bellwood and 60402 in the village of Berwyn). There were 85 zip codes for which both fox and gray squirrels were recorded."