Word: sciurus
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...Sciurus carolinensis (Harvardiensis), the Eastern gray squirrels of Harvard Yard, have developed a reputation for being aggressive, daring and less than hospitable...
...James H. Frantz '63 was bitten by a squirrel that jumped at him from the path in front of Sever Hall. Less than two hours later, Mrs. William D. Sciurus, wife of an instructor in Chemistry, successfully fought off with her umbrella another squirrel that sprang at her from a tree in front of Memorial Church. Frantz has been started on Pasteur treatments in case the animal was rabid...
...confused with North America's ovenbird. Sciurus aurocapillus (a warbler). South American ovenbirds number scores of species, belong to a distinct family akin to ant birds and flycatchers...
Linemen of the Wisconsin Telephone Co. were out on the road last week busily repairing the damage done to telephone cables by one of their most persistent natural enemies: the Sciurus carolinensis, or Eastern grey squirrel. To the engineers of Bell Telephone Laboratories, the problem is old stuff. In an average year, they figure, the grey squirrel gnaws through some half million dollars worth of U.S. cable. So far, no one has found a feasible way to stop...
...Mount Vernon, N.Y., a squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) scampered across high-tension wires, caused a short circuit that broke a wire which fell on oil-soaked ties, starting a fire that held up traffic on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad for an hour...