Records of Melanistic American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) from Nova Scotia
- Huynh, Howard M.
- Burke, Bernard L.
- McAlpine, Donald F.
Publication date
April 2011
DOI Publisher
The Ottawa Field-Naturalists Club Language
EnglishAbstract
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