Leucistic squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Special thanks to Pam Johnson for explaining that this is not an albino, but an example of leucism.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism

The squirrel has recently been eating the sunflower seeds that I put out for birds and other squirrels.

Nouchetdu38, Maria Lovasz, Nora Caracci, sunlight and 14 other people have particularly liked this photo

16 comments - The latest ones

Gillian Everett ^club

Amazing to see

3 years ago.

Ronald Losure ^club has replied to Gillian Everett ^club

Yes, it is very unusual. I hope it does well. Thanks for the visit, Gillian.

3 years ago.

Jeff Farley

A super shot Ronald.
Thank you for posting to FFF.

3 years ago.

Ronald Losure ^club has replied to Jeff Farley

Thank you very much, Jeff.

3 years ago.

Annemarie ^club

happy to be back to your images
Happy weekend.
Stay safe stay healthy.

3 years ago.

Ronald Losure ^club has replied to Annemarie ^club

Thank you very much, Anne Marie. Best wishes to you for good health.

3 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Beautiful animal picture (never seen before).
Happy (to be back) weekend.

3 years ago.

Ronald Losure ^club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Thank you very much, Jaap. Nor have I seen anything like this. Best wishes.

3 years ago.

Marie-claire Gallet

OUTSTANDING capture, Ronald, never seen such a squirrel before !!!!

3 years ago.

Ronald Losure ^club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet

Thank you very much, Marie-claire. I will continue watching it.

3 years ago.

©UdoSm ^club

Great...

3 years ago.

Thank you very much, Udo. Best wishes for the weekend.

3 years ago.

Pam J ^club

I SUSPECT NOT ALBINO.. THE EYES HAVE PIGMENT.. BUT LEUCISTIC. ... THE LEUCISM GENE !

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism

ONE OF MY HOUNDS HAS IT !

3 years ago.

Ronald Losure ^club has replied to Pam J ^club

Thank you very much, Pam. I had never heard of this condition, but of course I have seen white cats that may have been leucistic. I wonder if my dog Branco would qualify. Maybe even myself, since I have un-pigmented spots on my skin.

3 years ago.

sunlight ^club

Sehr schön und interessant !
Ist es ein Albino; aber es hat keine roten Augen.

3 years ago.

Ronald Losure ^club has replied to sunlight ^club

Du hast Recht, Ingrid. Pam Johnson hat mir dasselbe gesagt. Es ist leuzistisch.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuzismus

3 years ago.

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