I haven't been following this thread but it's my understanding that the
black eastern squirrel is just a grey squirrel in a different color
phase..... the farther south one goes the less likely the black color phase
is to occur... I'm not certain if that's recessive gene stuff or what.

There are also small clans of pure white eastern squirrels....

David J. Bockman, Fairfax, VA (USDA Hardiness Zone 7)
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Subject: [IBC] evil squirrels!


We have quite a few black squirrels in my area of Ohio. I think they
were imported from ?? and brought to the Kent State University campus.
They have since spread to surrounding communities. They're a bit smaller
than the common gray squirrel but still a big pain in the aster. They're
constantly digging in my pots, uprooting trees and eating roots and
bark. Are they common to other areas?

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