Black squirrels?

[BoneDigger]

Although it is rare, I have seen a few black fox squirrels here in east Texas. I saw a really beautiful one on my bike ride today. Are the melanistic red fox squirrels, or are they a separate species?

Todd

[leebtattoos]

there is a rock squirrel that is black. i see them here in the austin area on lake travis. not sure there territory but i will google it

[Big Brass]

I've never seen them in Texas but I worked a project in Ontario a couple of years ago and all they had were black squirrels. They looked just like regular squirrels but had jet black fur.

[Smart]

We see them pretty frequently in the San Angelo area....pretty sure they are black rock squirrels. Never see them in trees.

[bryan sandlin]

yes. sub something or the other. and there are light black deer in the hill country. around the san marcos area.

[AgHntr10]

I've killed two here behind my parents house in East Texas when I was younger

[sweldo73]

I've always been told they were just a different color variation of a fox squirrel. We've encountered a few isolated populations of them throughout East Texas over the years. The last pocket of them we found was along a creek bed in Tyler County.

[CastAndBlast]

yes. sub something or the other. and there are light black deer in the hill country. around the san marcos area.

Do you mean Gray?

[Nova]

Just a color variation of the fox squirrel. I have a really blonde one in my freezer I have been meaning to get mounted.

[happy bowhunter]

Rock squirrel

[Cajun Blake]

plenty of black squirrels in the Atchafalaya Basin (SW Louisiana)

[leebtattoos]

here we go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_squirrel

[Nova]

Where he's at it will be a fox squirrel. Never seen a black grey/cat squirrel.

[mchildress]

I have seen three black fox squirrels in my lifetime. They really stand out running with the other fox squirrels. I have a cousins that mounted one and I left one in the freezer too long I had planned to mount. These were seen or harvested in Walker,Grimes,and Madison county's.

[Keg]

We have a black melanistic fox squirrel that hangs around by my stand........He has been there the past few seasons.......There are also a couple black cat squirrels that I saw from a stand on the other side of lease......I shot a black fox squirrel about 20 years ago on my grandpaws place.......I have heard that it is more common that cat squirrels are melanistic........But I don't really know.......