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  2. Arctic ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The Arctic ground squirrel (Urocitellus parryii) (Inuktitut: ᓯᒃᓯᒃ, siksik) [2] is a species of ground squirrel native to the Arctic and Subarctic of North America and Asia. People in Alaska , particularly around the Aleutians, refer to them as "parka" squirrels, most likely because their pelt is good for the ruff on parkas and for clothing.

  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. 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.

  5. List of rodents - Wikipedia

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    Urocitellus parryii - Arctic ground squirrel; 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

  6. Columbian ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus) is a species of rodent common in certain regions of Canada and the northwestern United States. It is the second largest member of the genus Urocitellus, which is part of the tribe Marmotini, along with marmots, chipmunks, prairie dogs, and other holarctic ground squirrels. They are stout ...

  7. C1orf167 - Wikipedia

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    Genus and Species Common Name Taxonomic Group Date of Divergence ... Urocitellus parryii: Arctic Ground Squirrel Mammalia (rodentia) 96 XP_026253666.1 1299aa

  8. Wyoming ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Northwestern United States . References

  9. Southern Idaho ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The southern Idaho ground squirrel (Urocitellus endemicus) is a species of the largest genus of ground squirrels. This species and the Northern Idaho ground squirrel were previously considered conspecific, together called the Idaho ground squirrel .