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The Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. ... Life-history studies of the Wyoming ground squirrel ...
Urocitellus is a genus of ground squirrels.They were previously believed to belong to the much larger genus Spermophilus, but DNA sequencing of the cytochrome b gene showed that this group was paraphyletic to the prairie dogs and marmots, [2] [3] and could therefore no longer be retained as a single genus.
Eastern fox squirrel, Sciurus niger; Uinta ground squirrel, Spermophilus armatus; Wyoming ground squirrel, Spermophilus elegans; Golden-mantled ground squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis, high open forests, rocky areas; Spotted ground squirrel, Spermophilus spilosoma; Thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, grasslands
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 ...
Pages in category "Natural history of Wyoming" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Wyoming ground squirrel; Wyoming pocket gopher;
Thirteen-lined ground squirrels can survive in hibernation for over six months without food or water and special physiological adaptations allow them to do so. [6] They alternate between torpor bouts of 7 to 10 days when their body temperatures drops to 5-7°C, and interbout arousals of less than 24 hours with their body temperature back to 37 ...
There are at least 16 large and 45 small mammal species known to occur in Grand Teton National Park, an American national park in northwestern Wyoming. Species are listed by common name, scientific name, and relative abundance. [1]
Golden-mantled ground squirrel, ... Wyoming ground squirrel, ... "Northern Rockies Natural History Guide-Mammals". University of Montana’s Division of Biological ...