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The Wyoming ground squirrel (Urocitellus elegans) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Northwestern United States. References
Northern flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus, coniferous forests, nocturnal; Yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris, open rocky foothills, talus slopes; Abert's squirrel, Sciurus aberti; Eastern fox squirrel, Sciurus niger; Uinta ground squirrel, Spermophilus armatus; Wyoming ground squirrel, Spermophilus elegans
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 ...
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.
The thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus), also known as the striped gopher, leopard ground squirrel, and squinny (formerly known as the leopard-spermophile in the age of Audubon), is a species of hibernating ground squirrel that is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America.
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]