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The Washington ground squirrel lives in sagebrush or grassland habitats in the Columbia River Basin of Washington and Oregon. Washington ground squirrels hibernate/estivate 7–8 months each year. Adults breed shortly after emergence from hibernation in January or February and juveniles emerge from the natal burrow in March.
The western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) is a tree squirrel found along the western coast of the United States and Mexico. In some places, this species has also been known as the silver-gray squirrel, the California gray squirrel, the Oregon gray squirrel, the Columbian gray squirrel and the banner-tail.
The orca is the state mammal of Washington The list of mammals of Washington lists mammalian species that live in the U.S. state of Washington , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] including 9 introduced mammal species. [ 3 ]
Townsend's ground squirrel is found only in Washington in the United States. It occurs in the Yakima River Valley, west of the Yakima River, and in the Horse Heaven Hills to the south. [1] [2] Less than 10% of the native habitat of the Townsend's ground squirrel remains.
Eastern gray squirrels are crepuscular, [24] or more active during the early and late hours of the day, and tend to avoid the heat in the middle of a summer day. [40] They do not hibernate. [41] Eastern gray squirrels can breed twice a year, but younger and less experienced mothers normally have a single litter per year in the spring.
The thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus), also known as the striped gopher, leopard ground squirrel, and squinny (formerly known as the leopard-spermophile in the age of Audubon), is a species of hibernating ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America.
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The Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) is a pine squirrel found in western North America, from the Pacific Northwest (including the northwestern coastal states of the United States as well as the southwestern coast of British Columbia in Canada) to central California, with an isolated subspecies in northern Baja California, Mexico.