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Article: Research on fox squirrel reaps rewards.
- Article from:
- Endangered Species Update
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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National Wildlife Refuges, such as Chincoteague NWR in Virginia, have been instrumental in providing habitat and contributing to the knowledge of Delmarva fox squirrels (Sciurus niger cinereus). At Chincoteague, University of Maryland Eastern Shore graduate students (who are also U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees) have conducted valuable research on the local squirrel population.
The Delmarva fox squirrel is one of the largest tree squirrels in the Western Hemisphere, achieving a body mass of 0.8 to 1.4 kilograms (1.8 to 3 pounds). It once ranged throughout the Delmarva Peninsula of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, and up into southeastern Pennsylvania ...