| | Probably no wild animal is more commonly known than the eastern gray squirrel. It is now found as often in city parks and gardens as in its native forests. The gray squirrel is a member of the squirrel family, a group of rodents that includes the ground squirrels and flying squirrels, woodchucks and other marmots, prairie dogs, and chipmunks. |
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More than 250 living species and about 50 genera are known in the squirrel family. They are found in most tropical and temperate regions of the world except Australia, Madagascar, and the major desert regions of Africa. | |
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