{"id":467,"date":"2012-06-19T11:33:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T15:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/209.240.158.253\/wordpress\/?p=467"},"modified":"2024-05-24T14:17:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T18:17:04","slug":"eastern-gray-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/eastern-gray-squirrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Gray Squirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><em>Sciurus carolinensis<\/em><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>ID<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Long, bushy, dorso-ventrally flattened tail<\/li>\n<li>Grayish to yellowish brown with white underbelly<\/li>\n<li>Short, prominent, rounded ears with no tuft (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Distribution<\/h2>\n<div><a title=\"Credit: Smithsonian Institution\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/s.carolinensis.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload none\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20150%20150%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27150%27%20height%3D%27150%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/s.carolinensis-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Reproduction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Main mating periods are in January and February and then again from late May to early July<\/li>\n<li>Using olfactory cues, males will follow a female who is approaching estrus and compete to mate with her<\/li>\n<li>Copulatory plugs are used by the males after copulation, but are usually removed and\/or eaten by the female within 30 seconds (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Behavior<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Primarily arboreal, but collect and bury nuts on the ground<\/li>\n<li>Do not hibernate, but spend the winter digging up nuts that fell during the fall<\/li>\n<li>Solitary, antisocial, territorial. Only come together when there is an abundance of food in one area or in particularly cold winters<\/li>\n<li>Very agile in trees, using the tail as a balancing organ. Can jump gaps up to 2 m, fall up to 5 m onto branches<\/li>\n<li>Tail is also used like a scarf or blanket for added warmth (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Food Habits<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nuts, acorns, maple samaras (stored). Also buds, fruits, apples, honey locust seeds, horse chestnuts, sycamore buds, and elm seeds.<\/li>\n<li>They will also eat the inner bark of maple or elm trees and insects or young birds (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Size\/Life Cycle<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Average measurements: 380-525 mm (total length), 150-250 (tail), 54-76 (hind foot), 25-33 mm (ear), 300-710 g (total weight) (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Predators<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Humans (hunting, driving), red-tailed hawks, barred owls, great-horned owls, birds of prey, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, diamond-back rattlesnakes, black rat snakes. Nest: raccoons, snakes, red squirrels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Habitat<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Oak\/Hickory forests and most woodlands. Higher densities occur where there are many varieties of nut trees that can provide food as well as shelter into the colder seasons (Whitaker)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[420,1158],"tags":[50,1160,1161],"class_list":["post-467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forest-stewardship-institute-2","category-mammal-atlas","tag-gray-squirrel","tag-rodent","tag-sciurus-carolinensis"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eastern Gray Squirrel | NorthWoods Stewardship Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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