The Black Squirrel of Mirkwood.

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Originally Posted by Nerwen

Incidentally– what a surprise– it seems the black fur gives a survival advantage in deep forests...

I live in the iddle of Toronto city, and black squirrels are more dominant then the grey ones here as well. I don't think that forests have to do a lot with it.

Also, red sqierrels have been dominant in quite a few places, including western Europe, a couple of decades ago. Red doesn't really fit for camouflage, so there has to be soething else.


P.S.: isn't this site supposed to be about Tolkien and not about the squirrel demographics?