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Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Mammalia
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
6-12 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Omnivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
North America
Movement
Climbing
Breeding
Live Birth
Defense
Speed
Status
Common

About

The eastern gray squirrel is a scatter-hoarder that buries thousands of nuts each autumn and can locate caches buried under a foot of snow by smell. Its habit of forgetting some caches makes it one of North America's most important unintentional tree planters.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    newborn pup
    A blind, hairless pup nurses in the nest and is unable to regulate its own warmth.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    A weaned juvenile is fully furred, leaves the nest, and begins foraging on solid food.
  3. 3.
    adult
    Fully grown and self-sufficient.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Sciurus
Species
Sciurus carolinensis