State officials identified the animal as a fox squirrel that can grow 26 inches long (head to tail) and weigh nearly 3 pounds. That’s about a foot taller than a beagle, according to the American ...

“The fox squirrel is the largest tree squirrel in North Carolina, nearly twice the size of the more common gray squirrel,” said the state’s Facebook post. How big do they get? “When I saw ...