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  2. California ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    The California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi), also known as the Beechey ground squirrel, [4] is a common and easily observed ground squirrel of the western United States and the Baja California Peninsula; it is common in Oregon and California and its range has relatively recently extended into Washington and northwestern Nevada.

  3. 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.

  4. List of mammals of California - Wikipedia

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    Subfamily Xerinae (chipmunks and ground squirrels) White-tailed antelope ground squirrel, Ammospermophilus leucurus; Nelson's antelope ground squirrel, Ammospermophilus nelsoni (endemic) Yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris; California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi; Belding's ground squirrel, Spermophilus beldingi

  5. Goetze: These tiny critters can delight. Ground squirrels ...

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    Ground squirrels prefer sandy or loamy, well-drained, alluvial soils rather than heavier clay and shallow, rocky soils. The thirteen-lined ground squirrel hibernates. Home, sweet home

  6. 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 ...

  7. Belding's ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Belding's ground squirrels do not keep food in caches. Instead they store fat reserves. [4] [7] As such, the ground squirrels may eat a great amount of food before hibernation. They must spend as much as 40% of the summer eating. [7] When eating, the ground squirrel feeds itself with its front paws while standing on its back paws. [7]

  8. Learn Why Squirrel’s Practice This Peculiar Behavior - AOL

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    There are two types of caching strategies squirrels use: larder hoarding and scatter hoarding. When larder hoarding, the squirrel chooses one or two strategically located spots to store their ...

  9. Round-tailed ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Ground squirrels' activity cycle makes them not aggressive or competitive. Their main activities include caring for newborn, finding better protection for their resources, and reducing predation. They chase each other and nuzzle each other. [5] The greatest predator of the ground squirrel is a snake—the type of snake varying by the locality.