Re: black squirrels

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From: CZ94
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 21:22

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In article <1992Dec15.182150.19488@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> brit@wagner.Physics.McGill.CA (Dave Britton) writes:
>In article <1992Dec13.191330.19403@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>
>>alex@ee470.ee.mcgill.ca (A. Okapuu-von Veh) writes:
>> How about *red* squirrels?  They're all over Europe, but not
>> here.  Likewise, you'll never see a grey squirrel in Europe. Hmmm....
>
>Not true! England (which *is* part of europe) has mostly grey
>squiirels. When I was a kid (in the 60's) it was very rare to
>see a red squirrel in North Wales....the grey squirrels were
>bigger and more agressive and had driven the red sqirrels from
>their habitat. I suspect the grey squirrels were not indiginous,
>though.
>
I believe that grey and black squirrels in the Montreal area
are just different color variants of the same species.  North
American red squirrels are a different species, and Eurasian red
squirrels yet another species.  I don't know about English/Welsh
grey squirrels.

Tom Box
CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA

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