The Delmarva Peninsula Fox squirrel is is named for the location of its historic range on the Delmarva Peninsula, which includes Delaware, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and eastern Virginia (DEL-MAR-VA). The largest variety of tree squirrel, it weighs an average of 2.5-3 pounds. Its color is silver to slate gray with a white belly and can grow to be 30 inches long, including up to 15 inches of tail. Its ears are short and rounded. The squirrel was listed as endangered in 1967, but has been making a comeback, and now only occurs naturally in parts of Maryland.
Unlike the typical gray squirrel we are all familiar with, this squirrel is very quiet and shy and difficult to spot. It prefers to nest in tree cavities, and spends much of its time on the ground increasing its risk of being hit by cars.
I've run over so many of these squirrels growing up.. and they are huge so running over them is like hitting a cat. I honestly thought these were everywhere, not specifically Delmarva, cool!
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