Sciurus carolinensis, the Eastern Gray Squirrel, is the most common squirrel seen on our WNY cameras. Like the American Red Squirrel, it has a white eye ring and belly, but is larger, usually more gray or brown in color, and often has a bushier tail. It is notably larger than the red squirrel. *As with other squirrel species, please use the details or comment box to mark the individual as melanic if you identify one that is black in color.