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    I know i am in florida ans foxers are rare but these three I got last month are maturing to look like foxers, way bigger than grays I had at that age and have yellowish bellies and different heads. Is that possible they were found in polk county. Captain is definitely a gray but Wendy, Peter and Tink are not I do not think. Will try to post pics later
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    Default Re: I think mine are foxers

    nope they look like some in this thread some of the ones with lighter belleys but they are much more yellow than grays
    http://thesquirrelboard.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=12052
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    Maybe you do have foxers. I'd love to see and find out!

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    For a quick reference, three subspecies of the Eastern Fox squirrel are known to inhabit Florida. The panhandle region of Florida is inhabitated by the Southern Fox Squirrel (S. n. niger). Central Florida is inhabited by the Sherman's Fox Squirrel ( S. n. shermani). Both of these subspecies are very large, and in fact these are two largest of all the ten subspecies of the Eastern Fox Squirrel species. The last subspecies of Fox Squirrel found in Florida, the Big Cypress Fox Squirrel (S. n. avicennia), is the smallest of the three, but the colorations are more varied than the other two put together. Since though it is the smallestr of the three, and resides only in the southern pennisular Florida, it is rather easy to distinguish in it's habitat, from the the larger Sherman's Fox Squirrel, that resides just north of it's known territory in Florida. The first one is a Southern Fox Squirrel. The second is a Sherman's Fox Squirrel and the last three are Big Cypress Fox Squirrels.

    I hope to be reposting on them again, having done far more study of them, and personal research as well, as to be able to add to my previous address on these many colored squirrels.
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    I believe this was a large fox squirrel baby a one member had. I wonder if yours appeared to be longer like this one, at this same age?
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    Do any of yours look like some of mine?
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    Foxers are bigger with shorter snouts, I think shorter ears, and they have shorter legs. Their personality can also be a clue. Foxers are very laid back and there never seems to be any fights over food like with greys. They don't seem to nurse off the syringe as well either. They are just laid back like they will eat in their own time and aren't too worried about how much they eat.

    The best hint, if you have had them since they were eyes closed, is the color of their tail fur when it comes it. Foxers have orangish tan tail fur wheras greys have grey/white tail fur when it first comes in.
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    Foxsquirrels they look very similar to yours but their belly fur is not quite as red/yellow. They are 10 or 11 weeks according to when their eyes opened and compared to a 9 week old gray (captain) they are huge! Their facial strcuture is different and the color of the fur on their backs is darker. As soon as hubby gets up I'll try to get pics....
    They do not look like shermans.....
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    Tori and the zoo!
    Joe: Husband
    Axel: Great Dane
    Nikki: Great Dane
    Ceaser: Labrador Retriever
    Miranda:The Naked Cat!
    Dory: The Naked Rat!
    Chopper: Greenwing Macaw
    Nitrox: Harlequin Macaw
    Clara: Scarlet Macaw
    Mattie & Rocky: Blue and Gold Macaws
    Gabby: Umbrella Cockatoo
    Ducky: Blue Front Amazon
    Captain and Gabrielle: Squirrels
    Sherman, Fatass, Sully, Squirt, Hermie: Tortoises
    Nala, Naughty, Navarre, Nermal, Nova: Leopard Geckos
    Camo: Veiled Chameleon
    Chewy: Domestic Skunk
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    Those are greys. You can tell by the grey tail fur. I will go find a picture of my eyes closed foxers so you can see the difference. Their noses are too long for foxers too. Foxers have short noses and shorter ears.
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    I believe you but they are BIG grays and have yellowish belly fur I have read that hybrids are not likely but these looks like either big grays or unusual foxers. I brought this up because the vet I work for who does lots of wildlife said to me yesterday " I don't think those are gray squirrels" and after we all started looking we thougt the same thing. Will get pics as they mature.
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    The first pic you posted looks like a florida grey to me, but I have to say that the other three pics looks to be a different kind of squirrel - can't wait to see if they do indeed turn out to be a hybrid.

    Excited!

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    The male in the group looks more like a gray than the females and he is smaller too...they have more yellow he looks more gray like
    Tori and the zoo!
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    Miranda:The Naked Cat!
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    Chopper: Greenwing Macaw
    Nitrox: Harlequin Macaw
    Clara: Scarlet Macaw
    Mattie & Rocky: Blue and Gold Macaws
    Gabby: Umbrella Cockatoo
    Ducky: Blue Front Amazon
    Captain and Gabrielle: Squirrels
    Sherman, Fatass, Sully, Squirt, Hermie: Tortoises
    Nala, Naughty, Navarre, Nermal, Nova: Leopard Geckos
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    Chewy: Domestic Skunk
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    Just thought I would add a bit from research, not mine, but others, on the Eastern Gray Squirrel. The subspecies that is found in Central to Northern Florida, is Sciurus carolinnesis carolinensis. It is one of the smaller brown coated Eastern Gray squirrel subspecies, the size and coloration of Fallen and Bean. Two of the larger Eastern Gray squirrel subpecies inhabit the Northern latitudes, having coats with far more gray in them, than the southern species do, even so many are fully, or partially melanistic, appearing brown to black, or even salt mottled colorations of gray and/or brown. The NE subspecies is known as S. c. pennsyvanicus, and the NW subspecies as S.c. hypophaeus. There is one other subspecies found in Florida, S.c. extimus, which inhabits the Southern Pennisular area. To determine then which subspecies of Eastern Gray squrirels or Fox Squirrel, one needs to know what subspecies of each of these squirrel species inhabits the a specific area, as well as the size, and colorations each of the subspecies that species in the area it is found possess. I hope this helps with determining which species, and subspecies of squirrel you may have. Can't wait to see more recent photos of him, or her!

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    FS, and SRBT, those are very cute pics of foxer babies! I call them "Rufies" for short, for their subspecies name is S. n, rufiventer, which means reddish undersides, even so many have golden undersides as these do. I just luv dem golden bellies! Their common name, Western Fox Squirrel, being the most Western of the ten subspecies of theh Eastern Fox Squirrel species. I really appreciate that you shared them with us, I sure enjoy seeking foxer babies on the board!

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    They all look like The red Squirrel I thought mine was a fox also and he was a red, they are bigger then the gray .the fox will usally have diffrent markings like a black face and a red body or other combo of color

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    I am trying to send a pic of my red squirrel but cant figer it out

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    This was Rusty a red squirrel they are bigger then grays...
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    Actually, your squirrel is a grey squirrel. Red squirrels are small squirrels about twice the size of a chipmunk. Here is a picture of one of my red squirrels from last year:

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