gray squirrel
noun
: a common light gray to black squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) that is native to eastern North America and has been introduced into Great Britain and South Africa
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At one point, naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton estimates Eastern gray squirrels likely numbered in the billions.
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Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
On average, the 2024 count included 1,007 gray squirrels counted, and 81 albino white squirrels counted—an increase from the previous year’s 73 albinos.
—Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The problem with animal islands Eastern gray squirrels continued their periodic decampments, fewer and fewer each year, until naturalists reported some of the last major ones in the 1960s.
—Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
The eastern gray squirrel will supplement its diet with insects, frogs, and bird eggs.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2024
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Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
On average, the 2024 count included 1,007 gray squirrels counted, and 81 albino white squirrels counted—an increase from the previous year’s 73 albinos.
—Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The problem with animal islands Eastern gray squirrels continued their periodic decampments, fewer and fewer each year, until naturalists reported some of the last major ones in the 1960s.
—Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
The eastern gray squirrel will supplement its diet with insects, frogs, and bird eggs.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Gray squirrel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20squirrel. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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