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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.
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.
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 ...
Squirrels are foragers, which means that they collect food — things like nuts and berries. A squirrel may build up a cache of extra food for when they don’t have time to go out and find a meal.
Urocitellus canus - Merriam's ground squirrel; Urocitellus columbianus - Columbian ground squirrel; Urocitellus elegans - Wyoming ground squirrel; Urocitellus endemicus - Southern Idaho ground squirrel; Urocitellus mollis - Piute ground squirrel; Urocitellus parryii - Arctic ground squirrel; Urocitellus richardsonii - Richardson's ground ...
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 ...
Richardson’s ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii) was the dominant prey item in ferruginous hawk diets in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. [21] In the northwest Texas panhandle , the Oklahoma panhandle , and northeastern New Mexico in 2003–2004, ferruginous hawks primarily delivered plains pocket gophers ( Geomys bursarius ) and ...
The squirrel's death sparked so much outrage that it prompted a state lawmaker to propose legislation to improve animal-rights statutes, calling the bill "Peanuts Law: Humane Animal Protection Act."