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The round-tailed ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus tereticaudus), known as "Ardillón cola redonda" in Spanish, live in the desert of the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. They are called " ground squirrels " because they burrow in loose soil, often under mesquite trees and creosote bushes .
Within the genus, the Mohave ground squirrel and the round-tailed ground squirrel were thought to be close relatives, sometimes a subgenus Xerospermophilus, while the spotted ground squirrel and the Perote ground squirrel were formerly placed in the subgenus (now a genus) Ictidomys. [3]
Mexican ground squirrel, Spermophilus mexicanus; Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecimlineatus; Southwestern red squirrel, Tamiasciurus fremonti. Mount Graham red squirrel, T. f. grahamensis; Spotted ground squirrel, Xerospermophilus spilosoma; Round-tailed ground squirrel, Xerospermophilus tereticaudus
Round-tailed ground squirrel, Xerospermophilus tereticaudus [n 4] LC; Sciurinae: Pteromyini (flying squirrels) ... Arizona gray squirrel, Sciurus arizonensis [n 4] DD;
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge (CPNWR) is located in southwestern Arizona in the United States, along 56 miles (90 km) of the Mexico–United States border.It is bordered to the north and to the west by the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, to the south by Mexico's El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve, to the northeast by the town of Ajo, and to the southeast by ...
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 ...
Almost 12 years ago, a pilot flying a small plane over the desert in Arizona spotted something she would never forget. Pez Owen told NPR that when she noticed white crosses on the ground, she and ...
Pages in category "Natural history of Arizona" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. ... Round-tailed ground squirrel; S. Sonora mud turtle ...