A leucistic eastern gray squirrel rescued by Salem Wildlife Rescue

anon6789 4 points 4 days ago

My brother had one of these in his yard for a while.

I've never seen a white one myself, but I saw 2 melanistic squirrels, one in my town and one near my work, and they are pretty cool looking. Surprised me both times, they look so dark.

Wiki pic since I couldn't take a pic while driving.

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Doubleohdonut 4 points 3 days ago

TIL white squirrels are leucistic and not their own species. We moved to a white squirrel hotspot last year, and I'd assumed they were a separate species!

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bertlewirth 2 points 3 days ago

What a cutie!

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bedwyr 2 points 4 days ago

I am in the great lakes region and have never seen one like this. So cute.

I don't think, it looks different from the greys around here, young our old, as I recall, which I could be wrong.

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bedwyr 2 points 4 days ago

Look at the paws on that thing! Big hands.

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