![chipmunks](wspchipmunks6.jpg)
Least chipmunks (Tamias minimus), Spanish Peaks, Colorado.
Part 18. Squirrels
Throughout the West, from dry deserts
to high mountains, you can see various members of squirrel family: tree, ground,
antelope, and flying squirrels, chipmunks, marmots, and prairie
dogs. |
![squirrel](WYgs11.jpg)
Wyoming ground squirrel (Spermophilus elegans),
Como Bluff Dinosaur Graveyard, Wyoming. |
![squirrel](13lgs8.jpg)
Baby 13-lined ground squirrels (S.
tridecimlineatus), Ogallala, Nebraska. |
![chipmunk](chipmunk103.jpg)
Colorado chipmunk (Tamias quadrivittatus),
Rocky Mountains Nat'l Park, Colorado |
![marmot](marmot45.jpg)
Hoary marmot (Marmota caligata),
Pink Mountain, British Columbia. |
The Western North America has more species of
them than any other area outside the tropics; all are a pleasure to observe, and
most are easy to find - they are abundant and conspicuous at daytime in proper
habitat. |
![dogs](prdogs.jpg)
Gunnison's prairie dogs (C. gunnisoni),
Gunnison Valley, Colorado. |
![chipmunk](tdorsalis61.jpg) |
![chipmunk](tdorsalis63.jpg) |
![chipmunk](tdorsalis62.jpg) |
Hibernating Colorado chipmunk (T.
quadrivittatus), Gallup, New Mexico. |
![marmot](marmot51.jpg)
Alaska marmot (M. broweri),
Richardson Mts., Yukon. |
Some, however, are very rare, local (limited
to only few meadows or isolated mountains), or even facing extinction, such as
Vancouver marmot. It took me a lot of effort to see all 70 (!) species in the
wild. |
![marmot](marmot46.jpg)
Hoary marmot (M. caligata),
Gustavus, Alaska. |
![marmot](marmot1.jpg)
Woodchuck
(M. monax),
Fort Nelson
British Columbia. |
![marmot](marmot3.jpg)
Yellow-bellied marmot
(M. flaviventris),
Rocky Mts. Nat'l Park,
Colorado. |
![marmot](marmot2.jpg)
Yellow-bellied marmot
(M. flaviventris),
Mineral King,
California. |
![marmot](marmot4.jpg)
Olympic marmot
(M. olympus),
Hurricane Ridge,
Washington. |
![marmot](marmot0.jpg)
Vancouver marmot
(M. vancouverensis),
Vancouver I.,
British Columbia. |
![dog](cynomis2.jpg)
Utah prairie dog
(Cynomys parvidens),
Bryce Canyon, Utah. |
![pd](wtpd1.jpg)
White-tailed prairie
dog (C. leucurus),
Tibbs Reserve, Utah. |
![dog](btprairiedog.jpg)
Black-tailed prairie dog
(C. ludovicianus),Pawnee
Nat.Grassland, Colorado. |
![pd](btpd10.jpg)
Black-tailed prairie dog
(C. ludovicianus),
Boulder, Colorado. |
![pd](gupd35.jpg)
Gunnison's prairie dog
(C. gunnisoni),
Gallup, New Mexico. |
![squirrel](thilisquirrel.jpg)
Thirteen-lined
ground squirrel
(S. tridecimlineatus),
Denver, Colorado. |
![squirrel](gmgrsquirrel1.jpg)
Golden-mantled
ground squirrel (S.
lateralis), Newberry
Craters, Oregon. |
![squirrel](gmgrsquirrel2.jpg)
Golden-mantled
ground squirrel (S.
lateralis), Newberry
Craters, Oregon. |
![squirrel](gmsquirrel.jpg)
Golden-mantled
ground squirrel
(S. lateralis),
Lassen Peak, California. |
![squirrel](cascsquirrel.jpg)
Cascade Mountains
ground squirrel
(S. saturatus),
Mt.Baker, Washington. |
![squirrel](townsgrsquirrel.jpg)
Townsend's ground
squirrel(S. townsendii),
west from Kennewick,
Washington. |
![squirrel](uintagrsquirrel.jpg)
Uinta ground squirrel (S.
armatus), Dinosaur
National Monument,
Wyoming. |
![squirrel](beldinggrsquirrel.jpg)
Belding's ground
squirrel (S. beldingi),
Bodie Ghost Town,
California. |
![squirrel](nidahogrsquirrel.jpg)
Northern Idaho ground
squirrel (S. endemicus),
Payette National
Forest, Idaho. |
![squirrel](calgrsquirrel.jpg)
California ground
squirrel (S. beecheyi),
Pebble Beach,
California. |
![squirrel](arctsquirrel.jpg)
Arctic ground squirrel
(S. parryii),
Great Salt Lake,
Nortern Territories. |
![squirrel](colsquirrel.jpg)
Columbian gr. squirrel
(S. columbianus),
Jasper Nat'l Park,
Alberta. |
![squirrel](richsquirrel.jpg)
Richardson's gr. squirrel
(S. richardsonii),
Elk Island Nat'l Park,
Alberta. |
![squirrel](rtsquirrel.jpg)
Round-tailed
ground squirrel
(S. tereticaudus),
Phoenix, Arizona |
![squirrel](rocksquirrel.jpg)
Rock squirrel (S.
variegatus), Grand
Canyon near North Rim,
Arizona. |
![squirrel](rocksquirr32.jpg)
Rock squirrel (S.
variegatus), Sandia
Mountains,
New Mexico. |
![squirrel](rocksquirr31.jpg)
Rock squirrel (S.
variegatus), Zuni
Mountains,
New Mexico. |
![squirrel](antsquirrel.jpg)
Harris' antelope squirrel
(Ammospermophilus
harrisi), Yaqui River,
Arizona. |
![squirrel](txansquirr1.jpg)
Texas antelope squirrel
(A. interpres),
Sevilleta NWR,
New Mexico. |
![squirrel](txansquirr2.jpg)
Texas antelope squirrel
(A. interpres),
Organ Mountains,
New Mexico. |
![chipmunk](chipmunk1.jpg)
Yellow-pine chipmunk
(Tamias amoenus),
Crater Lake,
Oregon. |
![chipmunk](chipmunk2.jpg)
Gray-collared
chipmunk (T.
cinereicollis),
Mt. Graham, Arizona. |
![chipmunk](chipmunk3.jpg)
Allen's chipmunk
(T. senex), Muir
Woods National
Monument, California. |
![chipmunk](chipmunk11.jpg)
Alpine chipmunk
(T. alpinus), Devil's
Postpile Nat'l Mon.,
California. |
![chipmunk](tamias00.jpg)
Hopi chipmunk
(T. rufus), Grand
Staircase National
Monument, Utah. |
![chipmunk](chipmunk4.jpg)
Colorado chipmunk
(T. quadrivittatus),
Mesa Verde,
Colorado. |
![chipmunk](wspchip.jpg)
Least chipmunk
(T. minimus),
Spanish Peaks,
Colorado. |
![chipmunk](tdorsalis2.jpg)
Cliff chipmunk
(T. dorsalis),
Magdalena Mts.,
New Mexico. |
![squirrel](mexfoxsq2.jpg)
Mexican fox squirrel
(Sciurus nayaritensis),
near Arizona/Sonora
border. |
![squirrel](mexfoxsq1.jpg)
Mexican fox squirrel
(S. nayaritensis),
near Arizona/Sonora
border. |
![squirrel](azgraysq1.jpg)
Arizona gray squirrel
(S. arizonensis),
near Arizona/Sonora
border. |
![squirrel](azgraysq2.jpg)
Arizona gray squirrel
(S. arizonensis),
near Arizona/Sonora
border. |
![squirrel](aberti31.jpg)
Abert's squirrel
(S. aberti), Bandelier
Nat'l Monument,
New Mexico. |
![squirrel](aberti32.jpg)
Abert's squirrel
(S. aberti), Bandelier
Nat'l Monument,
New Mexico. |
![squirrel](abertsquirrel.jpg)
Abert's squirrel
(S. aberti),
Kaibab National
Forest, Arizona. |
![squirrel](graysquirrel.jpg)
Western gray squirrel
(S. griseus),
Oregon Dunes,
Oregon. |
![squirrel](redsquirrel.jpg)
Red squirrel
(Tamiasciurus
hudsonicus),
Uinta Mts., Utah |
![squirrel](wspchikaree.jpg)
Red squirrel
(T. hudsonicus),
Spanish Peaks,
Colorado. |
![squirrel](dougsquirr.jpg)
Douglas' squirrel
(T. douglasii),
Spanish Peaks,
Colorado. |
![squirrel](nflsquirrel.jpg)
Northern flying squirrel
(Glaucomys sabrinus),
Craters of the Moon,
Idaho. |
![chipmunks](wspchipmunks4.jpg)
Least chipmunks, Spanish Peaks, Colorado.
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