Male Grey Squirrel. Males and females are similar in size and color. The eastern gray squirrel (sciurus carolinensis), also known as the grey squirrel depending on region, is a tree squirrel in the genus sciurus.
Squirrels take part in 'mating chases' where a female squirrel is pursued by lots of male.
Nevertheless, male squirrels undergo periods of sexual regression and redevelopment 25. The grey squirrel spends the majority of its time in the treetops, although when it comes to food, it once mating is accomplished, the male has no part in rearing it's young. The grey squirrel is larger than the red, usually about 10 inches long with a large bushy tail 8 inches long. Of the male grey squirrel (sciurus carolinensis).