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The Washington ground squirrel lives in sagebrush or grassland habitats in the Columbia River Basin of Washington and Oregon. Washington ground squirrels hibernate / estivate 7–8 months each year. Adults breed shortly after emergence from hibernation in January or February and juveniles emerge from the natal burrow in March.
The Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) is a pine squirrel found in western North America, from the Pacific Northwest (including the northwestern coastal states of the United States as well as the southwestern coast of British Columbia in Canada) to central California, with an isolated subspecies in northern Baja California, Mexico.
Townsend's chipmunk (Neotamias townsendii) is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It lives in the forests of the Pacific Northwest of North America, from extreme southwestern British Columbia through western Washington and western Oregon. Townsend's chipmunk is named after John Kirk Townsend, an early 19th-century ...
The western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) is a tree squirrel found along the western coast of the United States and Mexico. In some places, this species has also been known as the silver-gray squirrel, the California gray squirrel, the Oregon gray squirrel, the Columbian gray squirrel and the banner-tail.
The species is the largest tree squirrel in the state. It’s being threatened by climate change, habitat loss and frequent disease outbreaks. Gray squirrel may become endangered species in WA.
This is a list of wildlife found in the Skagit River basin of the Pacific Northwest. Fish. Sockeye salmon ... Chipmunks, marmots, squirrels. Yellow-pine chipmunk;
This species caches food near its burrow, especially during the late summer and fall. [2] The squirrel has also been known to "beg" for human food at the wildlife urban interface. [4] near Lake Almanor, California. This species hibernates over the winter. During the summers they gain extra weight in order to prepare for hibernation. [4]
The southern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger niger) is a close relative of the gray squirrel, which is one of the most common squirrel species in the country, and is considered to be the most variably ...