Black (grey) squirrel...grey tail

[GoddessOfGuinness]

This is so bizarre. I wish I could take a pic of this critter. His tail is grey from the middle to the tip. I've never seen coloring like it before.

[Mutley]

1. There are squirrels around my parents house with gray bodies

and blond tails. :shrug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. Maybe they're punks?

:shrug:

[Shakespeare]

2. Probably an example of melanism (opposite of albinism)

I've heard of, but not seen, black squirrels. There used to be a couple of white squirrels shacked up near my parents' house. A very, very strange sight!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. We have lots of black squirrels around here

but I've only seen them entirely black.

[two gun sid]

5. Black squirrels are a phase of Eastern Grey squirrels.

http://www.answers.com/topic/squirrel

[greendog]

6. Sounds like a Kaibab Squirrel...

...but they're only found on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. Awww...He's adorable!

It looked more like this one, but he wasn't as bushy-tailed, and his tail was only grey from the middle to the tip...