There are areas in the U.S. and Canada where melanistic eastern gray squirrels are black and known as black squirrels. I have posted on them before, from squirrels I saw in Charleston, West Virginia.
I ran across them again in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the grounds of Trinity College, part of the University of Toronto.
I have a photo of a black squirrel and also of a black squirrel with a partially white head. The latter was particularly interesting, having almost a phantom of the opera feel to it.
These almost look like skunks rather than squirrels. The one with the white face is really strange.
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