TIL white squirrels are leucistic and not their own species. We moved to a white squirrel hotspot last year, and I’d assumed they were a separate species!
My brother had one of these in his yard for a while.
I’ve never seen a white one myself, but I saw 2 melanistic squirrels, one in my town and one near my work, and they are pretty cool looking. Surprised me both times, they look so dark.
Wiki pic since I couldn’t take a pic while driving.
I am in the great lakes region and have never seen one like this. So cute.
I don’t think, it looks different from the greys around here, young our old, as I recall, which I could be wrong.
Are leucistic squirrels distinct from albino squirrels?
They are! They don’t have red eyes and can be just lighter colored, not necessarily white.
What a cutie!
Look at the paws on that thing! Big hands.
