multi colored squirrels

[Carlala]

im not sure where to post this so feel free to move it but lately I have been seeing a lot of multi colored squirrels they are brown and black spotted squirrels they look really cool but this is very new because until recently I have never seen any multi colored squirrels is this normal?

[island rehabber]

im not sure where to post this so feel free to move it but lately I have been seeing a lot of multi colored squirrels they are brown and black spotted squirrels they look really cool but this is very new because until recently I have never seen any multi colored squirrels is this normal?

Carlala you have GOT to get us some pix of them! I can't imagine what spotted squirrels would look like -- unless they are Rock Squirrels which I think are only in California......:thinking

[stosh2010]

im not sure where to post this so feel free to move it but lately I have been seeing a lot of multi colored squirrels they are brown and black spotted squirrels they look really cool but this is very new because until recently I have never seen any multi colored squirrels is this normal?
I found this "spotted" squirrel...but it was "spotted" in Sweden....

Spotted red squirrel in Sweden
30/04/2012 13:37:07
Spotty squirrel seen in Stockholm

May 2012. These photos of a very unusual squirrel have been sent to us by Pia Brännvall from Sweden. Pia saw this squirrel near her house in Sweden.

The white spots on the squirrel are very odd - And there could be a couple or three causes to this unusual colouring.

Hybridisation - The animal could be the offspring of a red squirrel and a.....? Trouble is, there are no suitable candidates that live any where near Stockholm.

Disease - Is there any disease that might effect the squirrel this way?

Leucism - Leucism is a very unusual condition whereby the pigmentation cells in an animal or bird fail to develop properly. This can result in unusual white patches appearing on the animal, or, more rarely, completely white creatures. This seems the mostly likely explanation.
Click here to see our gallery of albino and leucistic animals and birds.

[Rhapsody]

WOW!! --I cant wait to see the Pics and Stosh the Pics you posted are amazing...... I would have never believed it if my eyes had not seen them. :thumbsup

[Carlala]

i will try to get some pics by the end of the week. they look like calico cat spots only brown and black and they are squirrels