Black Fox Squirrel 照片檔

A black fox squirrel in a South Carolina pine forest. Its natural habitat is a hard wood pine forest.Native to South Carolina, fox squirrels are characterized as the gray, black or brown based on their predominate body color. The gray fox squirrel is by far the most common, accounting for 72% of sightings. The black fox squirrels accounts for 25% of all fox squirrel sightings. A facial "mask" and white patches on the nose, paws, and ear tips are common in all three color phases. This facial mask and the significantly larger body size of the fox squirrel distinguish the fox squirrel from the more common and widely-distributed gray squirrel.