The Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger), native to North America, is the largest of the North American tree squirrels (contrasted with ground squirrels that live in burrows in the ground). These squirrels are also known as raccoon squirrels, red squirrels, stump-eared squirrels, and monkey-faced squirrels, though red squirrel is one of the more common of these expressions regularly used in rural America. The natural range of this species includes the eastern and New England states, southern provinces of Canada, and west to the Dakotas, Colorado, and Texas. [...]