SQUIRREL

The tree-frequenting squirrel, a rodent with slender body and bushy tail, of familiar appearance and habits, and of many sizes and colors, is found wild in every part of the world except Geeania. By residents of the larger cities it is best known as the protected, semi-domesticated pet of public and private parks, but it is also esteemed by many people as a very desirable small game-animal. The ervound-squirrels of the western states must be placed in a separate cla as pestiferous destroyers of grain and fruit crops.