Richardson's Ground Squirrel

Urocitellus richardsonii

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Richardson's ground squirrel (Urocitellus richardsonii), or the flickertail, is a North American ground squirrel in the genus Urocitellus. Like a number of other ground squirrels, they are sometimes called "Dak Rats" or "gophers", though this name belongs more strictly to the pocket gophers of family Geomyidae.

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  1. (c) D. Sikes, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/48874808@N00/256654867
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urocitellus_richardsonii

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