Abert's Squirrel

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Abert's Squirrel
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Habitat
Abert's squirrel live in coniferous forests with ponderosa pine trees.

Diet
Most of the Abert's squirrel's diet is made up of parts of the ponderosa pine. In warm months, it eats the tree's seeds and buds. In the winter it eats the inner bark of the tree. It sometimes eats mistletoe and fungi.

Unlike other North American squirrels, it doesn't store its food. Its nest is usually built in a ponderosa pine in a group of twigs infected with mistletoe. The nest sits 20-40 feet above the ground and is made with twigs and lined with materials like grass, leaves, feathers, moss and pieces of bark.

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