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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.
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, [2] and could therefore no longer be retained as a single genus.
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 ...
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
California ground squirrels of all ages and genders were seen hunting, eating and competing over vole at a local park between June 10 and July 30, but the "carnivorous behavior" peaked during the ...
Arctic ground squirrel, Urocitellus parryii [n 4] LC; Richardson's ground squirrel, Urocitellus richardsonii [n 4] LC; Townsend's ground squirrel, Urocitellus townsendii [n 4] VU. Townsend's ground squirrel, Urocitellus (townsendii) nancyae [12] [n 12] VU; Merriam's ground squirrel, Urocitellus canus [n 1] LC; Piute ground squirrel, Urocitellus ...
Eastern gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis introduced; Eastern fox squirrel, Sciurus niger; American red squirrel, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; Uinta ground squirrel, Urocitellus armatus; Columbian ground squirrel, Urocitellus columbianus; Wyoming ground squirrel, Urocitellus elegans; Richardson's ground squirrel, Urocitellus richardsonii; Ord's ...
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