You're probably seeing the Abert’s squirrel, Sciurus aberti, which is listed as "fairly common" in Jefferson County by the Colorado Division of Wildlife's (CDOW) Natural Diversity Information Source database. The CDOW describes the squirrel as having "a striking black or salt-and-pepper gray coat and magnificent ear-tufts."
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What is the common name for a gray/silver tufted eared squirrel? We live at 8000 feet in the Colorado mountains and have seen this white bellied squirrel in our area. It resembles the black tufted eared squirrels that are called hebert squirrels.
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