Sciuridae
 Urocitellus  richardsonii
(Richardson's ground squirrel)

Image Caption:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Sciurinae
Genus: Urocitellus (formerly Spermophilus)
Species:richardsonii (Sabine)

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Spermophilus richardsonii (Richardson's Ground Squirrel)
Works Cited:

Michener, G. R. & Koeppl, J. W.  (1985).  Spermophilus richardsonii.  The American Society of Mammalogists Mammalian Species 243. (University of Lethbridge Link).

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Richardson's Ground Squirrels Site by Gail R. Michener at University of Lethbridge.
Image Location: United States, South Dakota, Brookings
Image Date: 2009APR09
Image Species: Urocitellus  richardsonii
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Updated: 2009MAY06