My 10 year lod was hunting squirrels while I was hunting deer with my 12 year old. When I got to the truck he was very excited to show me one of his two squirrels. It was red but more of a chocolate that red but after 2"of tail it was a gray squirrels tail. It was just slightly larger than the gray he also had killed but just a little. He figured it was mixed half gray half red. I say I agree but have never seen anything like it or heard of it.

I saw a pie ball red and blacks before but never heard of anything like this.

It's fur was gone/thin at the base of its tail but even so I put it in the freezer thinking about mounting it.

I can txt pictures to anyone interested in seeing them if you pm me the #.

Do you guys have fox squirrels in your area? They are a little larger than gray squirrels and are somewhat similar to what you are describing.

Fox and gray squirrels are enemies, so a hybrid seems unlikely?

Maybe in Indiana they are bipartisan...

Why don't you post a picture...?

I’m thinking you have 2 species of squirrels, fox and gray. Also guessing what you call red is a fox. Your son shot a gray squirrel that has a color abnormality. Fox squirrels are noticeably larger than gray and more red than any gray would be.
We have red squirrels in Alaska and they are noticeably smaller than either the fox or gray!

As I understand it, they will commonly cross breed where populations overlap. I see cross's frequently.

cool bet He's happy

If it was a “hybrid” the grey was definitely taken against its will, lol! Down here in the South they all overlap and greys know better than to get around fox squirrels.

Never heard of them crossing
Have plenty of melanistic (black) ones around here

Fox squirrels can come in a wide range of colors pic would be nice.

Couple of thoughts on this. Possibly transitioning from one to the other or a nonbinary squirrel.

Yes, and I believe the proper pronoun would be Square Hole.

Around here the gray/blacks can come in a wide range of mixed colors including yellow/red. There's a group of young black and grays with red back/hindquarter flank (like youd see on a red squirrel) and red tails running around outside my office most days. in the past some of them had more yellowish tails like youd see on a fox but i havent seen that variation this year. every couple of weeks the hawk will show up and chase them around

We have about a 40 square mile area near me that has a lot of white squirrels (gray squirrels). They are not albino. There eyes are not pink. The town even has a white squirrel festival every year.

I sent a picture to Donnie H but he can't post pics either. To bad because his son. Is taking some nice deer. One a pie ball.


We have fox, red,and grays according to our DNR. I always just thought reds and fox were the same untill a few years ago

Brevard , NC

Been there , seen the squirrels. Lots of waterfalls there too. Pretty area.

Look in the archives on posting pictures

It's a 3 step process right off your phone

If you send the pic to yotetrapper@gmail.com I'll post it for you.

Sent if it works. Threw in a handle bar pict since you asked about that on the other thread. Don't bother posting that ugly mug.

It didn't work, lol. I didn't get it.