Eastern Gray Squirrel

Eastern Gray Squirrel
Information
Range	Southern Canada (Only in Southern Alberta and Manitoba) , Pennsylvania (In the Great Lakes and Pennsylvanian Wilds) , Most of the American South and the American Midwest (North Dakota , South Dakota , Parts of Montana etc).
Scientific Classification
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae
Genus	Sciurus
Species	Sciurus carolinensis
Conservation Status
Least Concern

The Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus. It is native to eastern North America, where it is an essential natural forest regenerator.

Etymology

The word "squirrel" comes from Middle English squirel which is borrowed from Anglo-Norman esquirel which is from Old French escurel which comes from a diminutive of Latin sciūrus. The word displaced Middle English acquerne which is from Old English ācweorna which is descended from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô.

Distribution

Eastern Grey Squirrels can be found in the US States of Michigan, Wisconsin, most of Texas, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and most parts of the US besides the Northeast, Virginia, Alaska, Hawaii and the West Coast. They could also be found in a very small part of Alberta and Manitoba in Canada.