Sexual maturation takes place during the following spring or summer. Mean life expectancy for a gray squirrel at birth is 1-2 years; the average life span of an adult is closer to 6 years. Records for ...

The eyes open at 28 days; weaning occurs at 35-42 days, and at this age young flying squirrels are fully furred and nearly the same size as an adult. Throughout their development, females may ...

The paper cited previous research that showed squirrels to be “capable of killing and consuming adult fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.” But it remained “challenging to ...