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Fremont's squirrel

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: a Rocky mountain squirrel (Sciurus fremonti) with a conspicuously white-fringed tail

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“Fremont's squirrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Fremont%27s%20squirrel. Accessed 23 Oct. 2020.

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