Extreme Movements of an Individual Male Fox Squirrel

We observed a series of long-distance movements by an adult male Sciurus niger (Eastern Fox Squirrel). The squirrel traveled 1040 m between 25 May and 27 May, and ≥503 m on 5 separate occasions between 29 April and 25 May 2017. The individual traveled between experimental foraging sites and was phot...

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Published in:Southeastern naturalist (Steuben, Me.) Me.), 2018-09, Vol.17 (3), p.N40-N43
Main Authors: Potash, Alex D., Mike Conner, L., McCleery, Robert A.
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Language:English
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Notes of the Southeastern Naturalist, Issue 17/3, 2018
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Summary:We observed a series of long-distance movements by an adult male Sciurus niger (Eastern Fox Squirrel). The squirrel traveled 1040 m between 25 May and 27 May, and ≥503 m on 5 separate occasions between 29 April and 25 May 2017. The individual traveled between experimental foraging sites and was photographed by remote cameras placed at each site. The time it took to travel between sites varied from 1 h and 5 min to 5 h and 7 min. The distance this squirrel regularly traveled is approximately the diameter of an average Eastern Fox Squirrel home range in the southeastern United States.
ISSN:1528-7092
1938-5412
DOI:10.1656/058.017.0304