Black-furred, timid and quick, the Black Squirrels lived in the forest of Mirkwood. This variety of squirrel was inedible, as they were horrible to taste. Black Squirrels could be neutral, evil, or good, while some Black squirrels were friendly beasts who were fond of Elves or Beornings, others had been captured by servants of the Necromancer and twisted into spies of Dol Guldur