Chipmunk + squrriel?

[Chicken poppy]

Today, i saw a funky looking squrriel in a tree eating a nut. I got a closer look, a few feet away, and it looked like a MASSIVE chipmunk! Im thinking its a ground squirrel, but it ran up the tree. And i don’t think ground squirrels would do that?

Anyway, of course. I wasn’t able to snap a photo of it, but it looked like a grey squirrel size, with a white under body, (white belly and such) and a brown (NOT red.) coloring for the rest of the body, shorter fluff, and a dark brown stripe down its back down his tail to. I couldn’t see if there was a white stripe to, but definitely one brown. What is this?

For more info: it is day time here, im located in Connecticut, and very confused. I have never seen something like this, though it could be very common? I’ll try and get a picture if i see it again.

 

[Battlepants]

By your description, some kind of weasel?

http://wildlifeofct.com/short-tailed weasel and long-tailed weasel.html

 

[SilverBirds]

Their are different types of chipmunks. Some are really big and others are tiny.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

It also could of been pregnant?

 

[Chicken poppy]

Their are different types of chipmunks. Some are really big and others are tiny.

But this was massive, and looked like a squrriel to.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Im very confident it was not a chipmunk. Just had coloring of one.

 

[Chicken Heel]

Im very confident it was not a chipmunk. Just had coloring of one.

Maybe a fox squirrel. They can also look different from each other based on the region they inhabit as well.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

https://birdwatchinghq.com/squirrels-in-connecticut/

 

[Chicken poppy]

Maybe a fox squirrel. They can also look different from each other based on the region they inhabit as well.

Maybe! It was just the white belly that through me off.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Maybe! It was just the white belly that through me off.

Maybe it bleached. Next week it might be purple. Other mammals do weird things with their hair too.