striped squirrel

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any squirrel with stripes on its back, as a chipmunk.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

First recorded in 1785–95

Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She is smiling, a pink-striped hat on her head and a mini rainbow lollipop sticking out of her mouth.
Even Grade School Kids Are Protesting the Garner Killing Now|Caitlin Dickson|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Peterson is wearing a crisp white-and-blue striped shirt and fraying paisley ascot.
Gosta Peterson's Bohemian Rhapsody: Unpacking a Photographer's '60s Secrets|Lizzie Crocker|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Inside the squirrel suit, an intern named Justin can be found.
The RNC Chases Hillary Clinton With a Giant Orange Squirrel|Olivia Nuzzi|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Williams said the RNC has not decided on a sex or a name for the squirrel other than HRC Squirrel.
The RNC Chases Hillary Clinton With a Giant Orange Squirrel|Olivia Nuzzi|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He swerved as he passed it, and, looking, saw that it was a bundle wrapped in a striped blanket.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
"My name is Slicko," answered the lively little girl squirrel, as she jumped about.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Squinty looked up in the tree, and there he saw a lovely little girl squirrel, frisking about on the branches.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
The badge of the order was a ribbon, striped black, white and yellow, and the device something like an icicle.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
One was a hollow tree literally filled with walnuts, gathered presumably by a thrifty squirrel the previous fall.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner