Western Gray Squirrel 1 in western Washington 090618
Common Name
Western Gray Squirrel
Scientific Name
Sciurus griseus
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Sciurus
Subject
Mammals; Places; Nature sounds
Spatial Coverage
Fort Lewis (Wash.); Pierce County (Wash.); Washington (State)
Creator
Rice, Jeff
Media Rights Management
Audio file copyright 2009, Jeff Rice. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
Publisher
Western Soundscape Archive, University of Utah
Date
2009-06-18
Type
Sound
Format
video/mp4
Digitization Specifications
Compressed from .wav format into .mp4 delivery format
Contributing Institution
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; Ecological and animal data provided by NatureServe. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://www.natureserve.org/explorer
Recording of a male Western Gray Squirrel caught in a cage trap; squirrel had been trapped as part of a study by the University of Washington and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on the Fort Lewis army base in western Washington; squirrel was examined by a biologist and was released; Habitat type: hardwood forest near wetland area with ash, oak and Douglas Fir; Conditions: mild temperatures; winds calm with high humidity and overcast skies; Recorded using PCMD50 recorder with internal microphones in X-Y pattern with a 44.1 kHz/24 bit sampling rate
