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2. 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 ...

3. Ictidomys - Wikipedia

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   Ictidomys is a North American genus of rodent in the squirrel family, which contains the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, the Mexican ground squirrel, and the Rio Grande ground squirrel. These species were included in the species-rich ground squirrel genus Spermophilus until molecular data showed that this genus was not a natural, monophyletic ...

4. Round-tailed ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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   The greatest predator of the ground squirrel is a snake—the type of snake varying by the locality. As a result, ground squirrels have evolved to perform anti-snake displays to defend themselves. [6] These squirrels tend to be put on a prominent display, specifically by moving their tail back-and-forth horizontally.

5. Woodchucks are 'essentially giant ground squirrels' you learn ...

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6. 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.

7. 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 ...