Squirrel Question,

[DeanB]

Terms may be regional but a "red squirrel" to me is a small one with different coloring than the first picture. The angle of the picture does not show the belly well. Eastern grey squirrels have white bellies and fox squirrels have brown bellies. Grey squirrels top out at a little over 1 lb. Fox squirrels can reach 2 lbs. So size and belly color are key characteristics but a young fox squirrel could be under a pound too. But it won't have a white belly.

A lot of fox squirrels have cream colored to orange bellies around here, greys white bellies.

 

[Sawney Bean]

Here in Western Washington we have native red squirrels and eastern grays. You find the grays in urban areas and reds out in the forest. The gray squirrels are about twice the size of red squirrels and seem to have a much greater population density.

There are actually a few different species of the red squirrels, but I can’t tell them apart.

 

[Gunnertrones]

The Norwegian, or may I rather say the Scandinavian squirrel.

 

[coastal drifter]

in my neck of the swamp, this is a Fox Squirrel.......View attachment 488950
some folks call them a monkey squirrel

looks like squirrel zilla

 

[coastal drifter]

The Norwegian, or may I rather say the Scandinavian squirrel.
View attachment 489191nice hair dew