Black squirrels
(S. carolinensis)
These are grey squirrels with high levels of the black pigment melanin in their hair (melanic). Although generally rare across Britain, black squirrels are found in at least three areas:
* Cambridgeshire - north of Cambridge at Longstanton, Rampton, Gamlingay, Girton, Histon, Landbeach and Impington
* Bedfordshire - Whipsnade, Kensworth, Studham, Arlesey and Stotford
* Hertfordshire - Letchworth (town mascot), Stevenage, Baldock, Radwell and Ashwell (first sighted in 1944).
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