Fox Squirrel

Fox squirrels are the largest native tree squirrel in North America, and the roughly ten recognized subspecies run through a wide range of color, from grizzled gray to solid black, often with a rust-orange belly and dark markings on the head. They favor more open, park-like woodland with scattered mature oaks and hickories, unlike the denser forest gray squirrels prefer, and feed heavily on acorns and other nuts, burying them individually across the ground to retrieve come winter. Most of their range sees two litters a year.