Western Gray Squirrel

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Title Western Gray Squirrel
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, the Western Soundscape Archive at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library, Westernsoundscape.org. 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
Contributors Aaron Johnston; University of Washington; Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; United States Army
Date 2009-06-18
Type Sound
Format video/mp4
Digitization Specifications Compressed from .wav format into .mp3 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
Description Vocalizations of a male Western Gray Squirrel
Photo Rights Management Photo copyright Terry L. Spivey; http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5356392; Photo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
Note 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 Sennheiser MKH30 and MKH 40 microphones in a stereo MS pattern to a Sound Devices 722 recorder with a 44.1 kHz/24 bit sampling rate; Local Time: 8:35 AM
Species Range (Southwestern States) http://www.westernsoundscape.org/maps/speciesExtent.php?species=180176
Full Nature Serve Report http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchSpeciesUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.104592
ARK ark:/87278/s664032w
Setname uu_wss
ID 1118219
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s664032w
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