Marysville, Kansas
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Marysville is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,447.
Marysville water tower (2009)
Pony Express Station (2010)
Black Squirrel City sign (2014)
Black squirrel
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Black squirrels are a melanistic subgroup of squirrels with black coloration on their fur. The phenomenon occurs with several species of squirrels, although it is most frequent with the eastern gray s
Marysville, Kansas
…was moved out of the center of town to a bypass to the south and west, with grade separations for US-36 and US-77. Marysville is also known as the "Black Squirrel City" due to an isolated community of all-black squirrels that make their homes in the town. The squirrels are said to be the result of escapees from…
Melanistic eastern gray squirrel in Central Park, New York City
A melanistic eastern grey squirrel jumping from a conifer tree
A black squirrel in winter in Stirling, Ontario. Heat retention in cold weather has been theorized as a benefit of melanism.
Juvenile grey squirrels – one black, one with normal colouration – from two different litters