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PINE FOREST SPECIALIST: TASSEL-EARED SQUIRREL { 34 images } Created 23 Feb 2017

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  • Abert's squirrel portrait, showing the vertical hairs that make up the ear tufts that give it the name "tassel-eared squirrel"
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  • Abert's squirrel descends trunk of mature ponderosa pine, with its characteristic large ear tufts prominent, Jemez Mountains, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel descending ponderosa pine tree, Jemez Mountains, NM, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel ascends trunk of ponderosa pine, trailing bushy tail,  © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel looks down at observer from branch of ponderosa pine, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
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  • Abert's squirrel rests on branch of ponderosa pine, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Tassel-eared squirrel on the branch of a ponderosa pine tree flipping up bushy tail, © David A. Ponton
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  • Tassel-eared squirrel on the branch of a ponderosa pine tree with bushy tail covering its back, an apparent protection from predators such as the goshawk that will strike the tail and not impale or grip the flesh of the squirrel, © David A. Ponton
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  • Tassel-eared squirrel on the branch of a ponderosa pine tree stripping a pine cone for pine nuts, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel stretched out on branch of ponderosa pine, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, ©  David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel runs down a ponderosa pine tree chasing another squirrel, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel runs down a ponderosa pine tree chasing another squirrel, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel running down a ponderosa pine tree, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel descends trunk of ponderosa pine, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel on branch of ponderosa pine with large bushy tail prominent, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel on branch of ponderosa pine with large bushy tail prominent, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel pauses in a small ponderosa pine tree after chasing a companion whose tail is visible in the background, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel pauses in a small ponderosa pine tree, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel descending trunk of a ponderosa pine, pauses and looks directly at camera, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Blur-pan style photograph of an Abert's squirrel running on the forest floor, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel leaps from a log on the forest floor, speed blur, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Tassel-eared squirrel on the branch of a ponderosa pine tree stripping  a pine cone to reach the pine nuts, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Tassel-eared squirrel on the branch of a ponderosa pine tree stripping  a pine cone for pine nuts, showing a scale falling away, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Tassel-eared squirrel on the branch of a ponderosa pine tree stripping  a pine cone for pine nuts, showing a scale falling away, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Tassel-eared squirrel on the branch of a ponderosa pine tree stripping  a pine cone for pine nuts, showing a scale falling away, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Tassel-eared squirrel on the branch of a ponderosa pine tree stripping  a pine cone for pine nuts, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Tassel-eared squirrel on the branch of a ponderosa pine tree stripping  a pine cone for pine nuts, showing a scale falling away, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Pine cone husks below a ponderosa pine tree where a tassel eared squirrel has eaten, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Ponderosa pine seed shells on pine cone husks below a tree where a tassel-eared squirrel has eaten, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Ponderosa pine seed shells on pine cone husks below a tree where a tassel-eared squirrel has eaten, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Pine cone husk, petals and seed shell below a ponderosa pine tree where a tassel eared squirrel has eaten, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel gnaws on the jawbone of an elk apparently as a source of calcium, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel has separated fingers on its feet, much like a hand, each with a curved claw. Here it grips the jawbone of an elk while gnawing, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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  • Abert's squirrel gnaws on the jawbone of an elk apparently as a source of calcium, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, © David A. Ponton
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