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Scientific Name: Sciurus carolinensis
Habitat: Woodlands, especially deciduous forests.
Diet: Mostly herbivorous—nuts and large seeds, fruits, mushrooms, insect larvae and cocoons, and an occasional bird egg.
Interesting Facts: The gray squirrel easily tolerates life around humans in parks and other small stands of trees where it may build huge leaf nests as well as denning in hollow trees.
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