Records of Melanistic American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) from Nova Scotia

Authors

  • Howard M. Huynh Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia B4P 2R6
  • Bernard L. Burke 21 Micmac Boulevard, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4N3
  • Donald F. McAlpine New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John, New Brunswick E2K 1E5

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v125i2.1198

Keywords:

American Red Squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Melanism, Nova Scotia

Abstract

Though melanism has been observed in several species of North American sciurids, the occurrence of this phenotype is relatively rare in American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). We provide the first detailed accounts of melanistic Red Squirrels observed in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Vol. 125 No. 2 (2011)

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