I looked it up since I was curious. The squirrels in Alaska are actually considered Pine Squirrels. They are a subspecies of the American Red Squirrel.

I always thought that the pictures of red squirrels didn’t quite look like the ones around here.
Now I know why.

Squirrels vary tremendously over their range. Fox, Grey and Red squirrels look very different in different areas. The Southern Fox Squirrels are huge and very differently colored than ours here in Ohio. Many have black masks. Some of the Red Squirrels have gigantic ear tufts compared to ours.

Keith

Yep. The squirrels around here don’t have any sort of an ear tuft. And there fast lil’ beggars!

They are SUPER fast. I have one in the small stand of trees in my backyard and it bullies the (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) out of the gray squirrels. They are nasty little boogers.

Our Fox squirrels in Eastern NC come in all combinations of colors. I have seen blond, brown, and black fox squirrels.

And when they dont sit still, it's hard to get a shot off at them

I finally got the Squirrel that was storing the Black Walnuts under the hood of one of my pickups.

Squirrel ain't too bright though. Peanut butter on the trigger of a 110 will catch them easy. That what happened to the Squirrel in the garage at work XD

The American red squirrel, also known as the pine squirrel or chickaree?

I think you looked up the wrong squirrel…….

I had some folks at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game confirm my findings. Maybe you should check your sources!

love eating squirrels, also hunting them

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yep

That picture is a grey here the reds are half that size.

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Dr. Goggle says there are 25 subspecies of red squirrel, can’t real go by common names, some people call um pine squirrels down here too. Husky, here’s some homework for you, do red squirrels follow Bergmann’s rule?

I haven’t heard of Bergmann’s rule. But I’ll look it up.

Some great eating there.

The squirrels up here are known to have a disease in them. So Alaskans are advised not to eat them. But that looks like a good amount of meat!

Only have these two squirrels here in Maine
Red pine squirrels


Gray squirrels