Albino Grey Squirrel

[Rolfe 2]

This is an old picture (it must be i was still playing rugby) of an albino grey squirrel that was destined for the taxidermist. It was found on the roadside at Berwick-on-Tweed the result of a collision with a motor vehicle it was presumed.

[ferretess 230]

Never seen a white squirrel before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MMMMMMmmmmm a rugby player eh very nice ,, thighs and all

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

Probably going to make myself look a plonker here but ... if it's albino, how do you know it's grey

[Rolfe 2]

Probably going to make myself look a plonker here but ... if it's albino, how do you know it's grey

Nah.........never a plonker LG...........It's a good question actually.........and without appearing to be clever in the answer they are two different species (Sciurus Carolinensis) Is the Grey Squirrel and (Sciurus vulgaris) Is the native Red Squirrel. Red Squirrels are considerably smaller than the Grey Squirrels and weigh in at about 285 grms to the Greys 450 grms on average. There are other distinguishing features such as ear-tufts on the reds........but this can sometimes be misleading as greys can also have them (albeit to a lesser degree) sometimes.

 

Rolfe.

[Rolfe 2]

Never seen a white squirrel before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MMMMMMmmmmm a rugby player eh very nice ,, thighs and all

Oh yes..........Those were the days........Thighs, Trys, and Sighs........In that order.

[Neil Cooney. 1]

Any pictures of the mounted animal Rolfe?

[Rolfe 2]

Any pictures of the mounted animal Rolfe?

Unfortunately not mate...........it's back in Berwick-on-Tweed on a mantlepiece somewhere now i suppose.

 

Rolfe.

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

Probably going to make myself look a plonker here but ... if it's albino, how do you know it's grey

Nah.........never a plonker LG...........It's a good question actually.........and without appearing to be clever in the answer they are two different species (Sciurus Carolinensis) Is the Grey Squirrel and (Sciurus vulgaris) Is the native Red Squirrel. Red Squirrels are considerably smaller than the Grey Squirrels and weigh in at about 285 grms to the Greys 450 grms on average. There are other distinguishing features such as ear-tufts on the reds........but this can sometimes be misleading as greys can also have them (albeit to a lesser degree) sometimes.

 

Rolfe.

 

Cheers Rolfe, I forgot that there are fairly obvious physical differences between the two. I've only seen a handful of red squirrels. Plus I'm only used to there being black and grey squirrels and usually just forget there are red ones in England

[snareman 3]

This is an old picture (it must be i was still playing rugby) of an albino grey squirrel that was destined for the taxidermist. It was found on the roadside at Berwick-on-Tweed the result of a collision with a motor vehicle it was presumed.

rolfe , there were quite a few around my area at one time , i caught three from the same trap within a week. infact my mate still has one of the pelts. the keeper says that there is still the odd one around .