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tassel–eared squirrel
noun
Definition of tassel–eared squirrel
: abert squirrel The tassel-eared squirrel, as it is also known, eats the young twigs of ponderosa and makes its nests in the higher branches. — Steven J. Bissel and Russell Davis, Colorado Outdoors, September/October 1990
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1916
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