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Post by omegahunter on Nov 13, 2023 13:12:59 GMT -5
What was so special about this squirrel? Some of the coloring around the mouth and the forepaws. Mostly from eating walnuts, etc, but also there seems to be a genetic variance in the grey squirrels at this property that gives most of them crimson bellies. Plus she was just, well, a bit wonky. We think she injured her tail long ago, it is shorter than it should be and has a rounded end. Crossbreeding with a fox squirrel will give them colored bellies instead of the white you normally find on a gray squirrel. Also often have streaks of the red's fur down the sides and on the legs. I would have 100% called that one a crossbreed. |
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Post by astronankin on Nov 13, 2023 15:31:05 GMT -5
Some of the coloring around the mouth and the forepaws. Mostly from eating walnuts, etc, but also there seems to be a genetic variance in the grey squirrels at this property that gives most of them crimson bellies. Plus she was just, well, a bit wonky. We think she injured her tail long ago, it is shorter than it should be and has a rounded end. Crossbreeding with a fox squirrel will give them colored bellies instead of the white you normally find on a gray squirrel. Also often have streaks of the red's fur down the sides and on the legs. I would have 100% called that one a crossbreed. That's what we thought too, when we hunted there last year. But the owners don't know if they do that or not. And they are retired wildlife and botany professionals. They did say that can also happen when they don't exit the nest to "go". |
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