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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-218-734551097 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Jeannie, On Jan 13, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Jeannie wrote: > Great photos! Has anyone ever reported seeing a Melanistic Red > Squirrel before?What a treat...thank you sharing your photos Bernard. > Jeannie Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury > A number of sources sources (The Mammals of Canada, Environment Yukon, Mammals in the Great Smoky Mountains, etc.) that I consulted report that melanistic red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) are "occasionally" seen. None that I could locate give statistics on the incidence of these, but it's clear that they are much less common than the melanistic phase of the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), which is very regular. Many species of squirrels have some incidence of melanism. Melanistic individuals if the Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) are quite regular and I even came across some excellent photos of a relatively rare melanistic eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus). http://www.pbase.com/lilwings/image/29384908 http://www.pbase.com/lilwings/image/29409320 Cheers! Chris Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-218-734551097 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Hi Jeannie,<div><br><div><div>On Jan 13, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Jeannie = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Great photos! Has anyone ever = reported seeing a Melanistic Red Squirrel before?What a treat...thank = you sharing your photos Bernard.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jeannie = Shermerhorn,Port Hawkesbury</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div></blockquote><br></div><div>A number of sources = sources (The Mammals of Canada, Environment Yukon, Mammals in the Great = Smoky Mountains, etc.) that I consulted report that melanistic red = squirrels (<i>Tamiasciurus hudsonicus</i>) are "occasionally" seen. None = that I could locate give statistics on the incidence of these, but it's = clear that they are much less common than the melanistic phase of the = gray squirrel (<i>Sciurus carolinensis</i>), which is very regular. Many = species of squirrels have some incidence of melanism. Melanistic = individuals if the Eurasian red squirrel (<i>Sciurus vulgaris</i>) are = quite regular and I even came across some excellent photos of a = relatively rare melanistic eastern chipmunk (<i>Tamias = striatus</i>).</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/lilwings/image/29384908">http://www.pbase.com= /lilwings/image/29384908</a></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/lilwings/image/29409320">http://www.pbase.com= /lilwings/image/29409320</a></div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Chris</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Christopher = Majka</div><div>Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova = Scotia, Canada=A0 B3H 3A6</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> = </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-218-734551097--
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