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Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 14,904, February 11,008, March 17,247, April 27,133, May 39,121, June 42,659, July 45,648, August 39,257, September 28,822, October 21,513, November 11,756, December 9,188.
Alaska308,256
United States290,955
Canada61,437
Ontario33,935
New York25,984
Massachusetts19,906
North Carolina19,188
United Kingdom18,890
England17,074
Virginia16,797

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Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilySquirrels · Sciuridae
GenusTree Squirrels · Sciurus

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