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This species is 22 to 23 centimetres (8.7 to 9.1 in) long. It is brown or gray with a pale underside. In the summer it develops a chestnut wash along the shoulders. Most babies are born in June, with litter sizes ranging from one to nine.
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meadows. In China it can be found in desert habitat. It is associated with the plant species
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This squirrel lives at elevations up to 3200 meters. It lives on the
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1805:IUCN Red List least concern species
1219:Caucasian mountain ground squirrel
280:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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432:EspĂritu Santo antelope squirrel
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1384:Southern Idaho ground squirrel
1348:Northern Idaho ground squirrel
630:Thirteen-lined ground squirrel
484:Golden-mantled ground squirrel
450:White-tailed antelope squirrel
1056:Baja California rock squirrel
459:San Joaquin antelope squirrel
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1490:Round-tailed ground squirrel
1411:Richardson's ground squirrel
493:Sierra Madre ground squirrel
1758:. You can help Knowledge by
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1323:(Holarctic ground squirrels)
1286:(Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)
1192:Red-cheeked ground squirrel
1148:(Old World ground squirrels)
1031:Ring-tailed ground squirrel
1820:Taxa named by Eugen BĂĽchner
1437:Washington ground squirrel
1420:Townsend's ground squirrel
1284:Asia Minor ground squirrel
1120:Père David's rock squirrel
1095:Franklin's ground squirrel
1065:California ground squirrel
620:Rio Grande ground squirrel
423:Harris's antelope squirrel
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1357:Merriam's ground squirrel
1339:Belding's ground squirrel
1228:Tian Shan ground squirrel
1164:Brandt’s ground squirrel (
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1266:Speckled ground squirrel
1174:European ground squirrel
1022:Tropical ground squirrel
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604:(little ground squirrels)
545:Black-tailed prairie dog
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1481:Spotted ground squirrel
1456:(pygmy ground squirrels)
1375:Wyoming ground squirrel
1277:(Spermophilus taurensis)
1256:Relict ground squirrel (
1237:Pallid ground squirrel (
1183:Daurian ground squirrel
1155:Alashan ground squirrel
1129:Forrest's rock squirrel
930:(N. quadrivittatus)
892:Yellow-cheeked chipmunk
780:(M. vancouverensis)
778:Vancouver Island marmot
611:Mexican ground squirrel
441:Texas antelope squirrel
342:Living species of tribe
273:Spermophilus alashanicus
203:Spermophilus alashanicus
179:Spermophilus alashanicus
24:Alashan ground squirrel
1472:Perote ground squirrel
1463:Mohave ground squirrel
1402:Arctic ground squirrel
1275:Taurus ground squirrel
1268:(Spermophilus suslicus)
1247:Little ground squirrel
1210:Russet ground squirrel
1201:Yellow ground squirrel
840:(N. cinereicollis)
838:Gray-collared chipmunk
730:Groundhog or woodchuck
527:Gunnison's prairie dog
198:Alashan ground squirrel
1492:(X. tereticaudus)
1413:(U. richardsonii)
1393:Piute ground squirrel
1330:Uinta ground squirrel
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1113:(Asian rock squirrels)
1058:(O. atricapillus)
912:(N. panamintinus)
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811:Yellow-pine chipmunk
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1122:(S. davidianus)
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991:Townsend's chipmunk
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937:Red-tailed chipmunk
919:Long-eared chipmunk
894:(N. ochrogenys)
883:California chipmunk
705:(M. himalayana)
685:Black-capped marmot
554:Mexican prairie dog
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1483:(X. spilosoma)
1431:(U. undulatus)
1386:(U. endemicus)
1033:(N. annulatus)
984:(N. speciosus)
982:Lodgepole chipmunk
865:Merriam's chipmunk
796:(western chipmunks)
723:(M. menzbieri)
694:Long-tailed marmot
660:(M. baibacina)
588:(E. sibiricus)
556:(C. mexicanus)
504:(C. saturatus)
495:(C. madrensis)
486:(C. lateralis)
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1024:(N. adocetus)
1002:(N. umbrinus)
966:(N. siskiyou)
964:Siskiyou chipmunk
928:Colorado chipmunk
910:Panamint chipmunk
901:Palmer's chipmunk
885:(N. obscurus)
867:(N. merriami)
858:(N. durangae)
849:(N. dorsalis)
820:Buller's chipmunk
753:(M. caligata)
741:(M. sibirica)
721:Menzbier's marmot
586:Siberian chipmunk
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1305:Eastern chipmunk
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903:(N. palmeri)
876:(N. minimus)
856:Durango chipmunk
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822:(N. bulleri)
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714:(M. marmota)
703:Himalayan marmot
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