long-clawed ground squirrel

rodent
Also known as: Spermophilopsis

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classification of ground squirrel

  • California ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi).
    In ground squirrel: Nontropical ground squirrels

    …to the single species of long-clawed ground squirrel (genus Spermophilopsis), whereas the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico are populated by five species of antelope ground squirrel (genus Ammospermophilus). The white-tailed antelope squirrel (A. leucurus) of the southwestern United States is one of the smallest of all…

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