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  2. Franklin's ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Franklin's ground squirrel was first described by Joseph Sabine in 1822, who named it in honor of the British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. [3] It was formerly placed in the large ground squirrel genus Spermophilus, in its own subgenus, Poliocitellus, [4] [5] but since DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene has shown Spermophilus to be paraphyletic it is now placed in its own genus.

  3. List of mammals of Kansas - Wikipedia

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    The list of mammals of Kansas comprises 100 mammals recorded in the U.S. state of Kansas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It includes both native and introduced species which can have a negative impact on the ecosystem but does not include domesticated animals. [ 3 ]

  4. Spotted ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Distribution of the Spotted ground squirrel. The spotted ground squirrel can range from south central South Dakota, through Nebraska where it inhabits sand hills present there. It's also found in eastern Colorado, northwestern Oklahoma, western Texas, eastern Arizona, western Kansas, the large majority of New Mexico and the southeastern part of ...

  5. Sweet Baby Squirrel Noshes on Flower Petals When There ... - AOL

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    Ground squirrels can grow to be a foot long, and dig complex burrows in the earth, the most elaborate of which have separate chambers for sleeping, food storage, and waste. ... Kansas City, St ...

  6. Thirteen-lined ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    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 ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America.

  7. California squirrels are now apparently hunting and eating ...

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    A UC Davis study found a population of Bay Area ground squirrels hunting and eating voles, suggesting the species may be more flexible in its diet than previously thought.

  8. Paenemarmota - Wikipedia

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    Paenemarmota is an extinct genus of ground squirrel from North America. Fossils are known from the Blancan and Hemphillian age from localities in the United States (Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Arizona) and Mexico. At around the size of a beaver, Paenemarmota is the largest known member of the squirrel family. [1]

  9. 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.