<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Sciurus niger</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31469139</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:06:17</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">fox squirrel</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">fox squirrels</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">monkey-faced squirrels</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">raccoon squirrel</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">stump-eared squirrel</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Members of a species of gregarious tree squirrel native to the eastern United States excluding New England, north into the southern prairie provinces of Canada, and west to the Dakotas, Colorado, and Texas. Their habitat partially overlaps with the eastern gray squirrel, which is smaller and not as reddish in color as the fox squirrel. Fox squirrels are noted as living fossils, skeletally very similar the oldest known squirrel, Protosciurus, from the late Oligocene and early Miocene epochs. ]]></dc:description></metadata>