Brunette Squirrel Discovered

Scientists have found a fourth type of squirrel living in the UK called a Brunette Squirrel. The 3 other types are red, grey and black. The Brunettes are also known as black-reds. They are dark brown with the same body shape as the red squirrel as well as tufty ears and white markings which are on its stomach. The brunette squirrels are a subtype to red squirrels which there is only 120,000 left. On the other hand there is 2.5 million greys and 25,000 blacks.

There has been a number of sightings of the brunette squirrel in places where red squirrels can still be found such as Scotland, Cumbria, Merseyside and The Isle Of Wight. There has been research on the grey and black squirrels and scientists have found that the black squirrels have a missing piece of DNA which causes them to only produce black furred baby squirrels. Now scientists want to know more about the reds and brunettes and why the greys are such a successful invader.