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left-of-center2012

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Thu Nov 29, 2018, 04:10 PM

Nov 2018

The squirrel in the article/photo is a “fox squirrel”.
So I googled and found this:

"The fox squirrel, also known as the eastern fox squirrel or Bryant's fox squirrel, is the largest species of tree squirrel native to North America.
The (adult) squirrel's total body length measures 17.7 to 27.6 in, tail length is 7.9 to 13.0 in ..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_squirrel

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We have 2-foot-tall squirrels? NC biologists posted a photo of one [View all] left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 OP

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