Family: Sciuridae, Squirrels view all from this family
Description Uniform speckled brownish or grayish back with a
grayish undertail. Head and neck are always gray, back varies
from grayish to brownish to cinnamon-buff. Not as buff as the
Wyoming Ground Squirrel, with gray (not buff) under the tail.
Gives a variety of calls including chips, churrs, and squeals.
Dimensions 270-320mm, 43-81mm, 250-600g Similar Species Larger
than the Piute Ground Squirrel, with a longer tail. Breeding
Mates in the early spring and females give birth after about a
month of gestation. Young leave the burrow at twenty-four days.
Litters usually include four to six young with older females
generally producing larger litters Habitat Cities, suburbs &
towns, Grasslands & prairies, Scrub, shrub & brushlands Range
Rocky Mountains, Southwest Discussion Uses sagebrush, grassy
meadows, and sometimes cultivated lawns.