Re: melinistic gray squirrel
[Re: Cragar]
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10/21/20 04:43 PM
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The vast majority of Greys here are jet black. The rest are regulation colored, or anything in between! I still haven't mounted that piebald one I shot 5+ (?) years ago. I'll show a photo of it when I do.
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Re: melinistic gray squirrel
[Re: J.Morse]
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10/21/20 04:51 PM
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Crager, are most of yours regulation grey with a white belly? 99.999999999% I caught the .0000000001 black one today. No fox squirrel anywhere near here too. Just normal grays , reds and flying. Ive seen other areas , not near here that have pockets of black ones or even pockets of albino. This is the first melinistic one I've seen here. I've only seen 1 luecistic one here too. Very rare to see one here.
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Re: melinistic gray squirrel
[Re: Cragar]
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10/21/20 06:20 PM
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hvtrapper
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Very common here in Iowa along the Mississippi river where I live.
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Re: melinistic gray squirrel
[Re: Cragar]
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10/21/20 07:14 PM
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KeithC
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When I lived in Dayton, Ohio, my neighborhood had large numbers of albino, grey squirrels. Once I could see 14, at one time, while walking down the bike path. The albinos really stick out, except in the snow.
When I lived in Massilon, Ohio, in 1992, about 33% of the gray squirrels were melanistic.
Keith
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Re: melinistic gray squirrel
[Re: Cragar]
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10/21/20 07:32 PM
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Sullivan K
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40 years ago we had many white, gray squirrels in the town near where I live. I suppose some were albino but I don’t know. Now, 40 years later, there are no white squirrels but many, many black, grey squirrels.
My name ain't Keith
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Re: melinistic gray squirrel
[Re: Cragar]
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10/21/20 08:44 PM
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To clarify , I have caught at least 1000 gray squirrels here doing ADC work. I'm kinda jealous of those of you that have other types , melinistic, albino, luecistic. So it is super rare to find one here. This is the first melinistic one I have seen , let alone trapped and caught in my area. I guess my area has an odd or shall we say normal genetic makeup of almost no deviant DNA to cause off-color offspring. Kinda more pure blooded or something. J.Morse , get that piebald one mounted or at least post a pic of it's pelt , I would die for one of those. I've shared some of my pics with friends who are local. They were just amazed. Most had never seen such a thing. They are unaware that squirrels (or other animals) can have these different color alterations by breakdown of their pigmentation genomes. I had a couple people who were so perplexed they did not recognize the animal and asked if it was a species like fisher or maybe weasel because they never knew that a black (melinistic) squirrel existed.
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Re: melinistic gray squirrel
[Re: Cragar]
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10/21/20 09:13 PM
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Which NY border are you on (from your profile)?
I have a camp on the NY/PA border and black gray squirrels are common there.
Never had any around my place in southeast PA (lived here since 89) until four years ago when I saw one while deer hunting. In four years they have multiplied to the point that about 25% are black.
Eh...wot?
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Re: melinistic gray squirrel
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10/21/20 09:53 PM
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Which NY border are you on (from your profile)?
I have a camp on the NY/PA border and black gray squirrels are common there.
Never had any around my place in southeast PA (lived here since 89) until four years ago when I saw one while deer hunting. In four years they have multiplied to the point that about 25% are black. CT/NY border In Western NC white squirrels are rather common. One town has a white squirrel festival. I always thought that was cool. My mom retired to the Hendersonville area (Etowah) before she passed. Nice area. Squirrel festival was in Brevard NC ? Heard they had a pocket of them there.
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Re: melinistic gray squirrel
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10/21/20 10:50 PM
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Yes Brevard is known for their white squirrels. I live in Asheville now, about 20 miles north. I have seen a white one here as well. I went to a gun show In Asheville one year when I was visiting my mom , some kind of civic center there. I picked up an 8lb keg of Winchester powder there could not beat the price. Had to smuggle it into mom's house and hide it during my stay , didn't want to leave it in the car. She would have flipped out if she knew I had it....lol The Biltmore getting ready to put on their annual Christmas show there or has covid ruined that too ?
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Re: melinistic gray squirrel
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10/22/20 01:25 AM
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We don’t have that many fox squirrels but at least in my neck of the woods the greys have reddish bellies with red sprinkled throughout
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