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Round-tailed Ground Squirrel Photo

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Latitude: 31° 44' 59.13" N, Longitude: 110° 59' 49.09" W, Coord: 31.74976°, -110.99697°
Filed under: Arizona, Wildlife on 5/28/2009

This little round-tailed ground squirrel (Spermophilus tereticaudus) showed up beside the pond only a couple times, and I really only had one good chance to get its photo. I felt sorry for the poor thing, not only is it a puny raptor-morsel, but it has a wimpy tail compared to the Harris’ antelope ground squirrel I posted yesterday.

Round-tailed ground squirrel, Spermophilus tereticaudus, Copyright Phillip Colla, image #22896, all rights reserved worldwide.
Round-tailed ground squirrel. Amado, Arizona, USA.
Image: 22896  
Common name: Round-tailed ground squirrel
Species: Spermophilus tereticaudus
Location: Amado, Arizona, USA
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Shot at Bill Forbes’ Pond at Elephant Head, which I visited and described recently.

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