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  2. Richardson's ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Richardson's ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii), also known as the dakrat or flickertail, is a North American ground squirrel in the genus Urocitellus.Like a number of other ground squirrels, they are sometimes called prairie dogs or gophers, though the latter name belongs more strictly to the pocket gophers of family Geomyidae, and the former to members of the genus Cynomys.

  3. Urocitellus - Wikipedia

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    Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels.They were previously believed to belong to the much larger genus Spermophilus, but DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene showed that this group was paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots, [1] and could therefore no longer be retained as a single genus.

  4. Category:Urocitellus - Wikipedia

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    Richardson's ground squirrel; S. Southern Idaho ground squirrel; T. ... Wyoming ground squirrel This page was last edited on 17 August 2021, at 05:49 (UTC). ...

  5. Flickertail - Wikipedia

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    Richardson's Ground Squirrel or Flickertail, a North American ground squirrel in the genus Urocitellus North Dakota , nicknamed the "Flickertail State" SS Flickertail State , a crane ship in ready reserve for the United States Navy

  6. California squirrels are eating another rodent for the first ...

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    An unexpected shift in squirrel behavior. Smith and her colleagues observed the squirrels’ meat-eating behavior during a study period from June 10 to July 30.

  7. Ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Ground squirrels are rodents of the squirrel family that generally live on the ground or in burrows, rather than in trees like the tree squirrels.The term is most often used for the medium-sized ground squirrels, as the larger ones are more commonly known as marmots (genus Marmota) or prairie dogs, while the smaller and less bushy-tailed ground squirrels tend to be known as chipmunks (genus ...

  8. List of rodents - Wikipedia

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    Urocitellus richardsonii - Richardson's ground squirrel; Urocitellus townsendii - Townsend's ground squirrel; Urocitellus undulatus - long-tailed ground squirrel; Urocitellus washingtoni - Washington ground squirrel; Genus Xerospermophilus. Xerospermophilus mohavensis - Mohave ground squirrel; Xerospermophilus perotensis - Perote ground squirrel

  9. Torrington Gopher Hole Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Torrington Gopher Hole Museum, also known as the World Famous Gopher Hole Museum, [1] located in Torrington, Alberta, features 77 stuffed gophers (Richardson's ground squirrels) posed to resemble townspeople in 44 intricately designed dioramas. [2] [3] [4] Roughly 7–10,000 people visit the museum every year. While it is open primarily ...