Fairfax Station, Virginia - The Curious Case of the White Squirrel Corpse

I recently obtained a dead specimen found along a mountain bike path. It was in pristine shape so I had it preserved for my classroom. I also learned from the taxidermist that there have been sightings of more than one in a little railroad town called Fairfax Station, located in the western part of Fairfax County. I plan to investigate further and will update you of any findings. At first I thought what I had found was a unique mutation that had amazingly survived long enough to reach reproductive maturity. I don't know the actual cause of death -- there was no evidence of any trauma and the squirrel appeared to be well fed. [Mark Khosravi, 04/23/2006]

[RA: Fascinating! This is not a public attraction, but it's hard to resist publishing a new photo of a stuffed white squirrel...]