| Sciuridae Sciurus carolinensis (eastern gray squirrel) Image Caption: Frightened by the caw of a crow, one young eastern gray squirrel scrambles back to the safety of his tree hole nest to meet his siblings. The mother squirrels will probably wean him soon, when he is between seven and ten weeks old (Koprowski, 1994), after which he will have to find his own terriroty. |
Works Cited: Koprowski, J. L. (1994). Sciurus carolinensis. The American Society of Mammalogists Mammalian Species, 480. (University of Arizona Link). |
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Image Location:
United States, Virginia,
Norfolk Image Date: 2008APR19 Image Species: Sciurus carolinensis carolinensis (EXIF information is accurate – stamped in UTC). Updated: 2009MAR22 |
