antelope squirrel

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Noun1.antelope squirrel - small ground squirrel of western United Statesantelope squirrel - small ground squirrel of western United States
antelope chipmunk, Citellus leucurus, whitetail antelope squirrel
spermophile, ground squirrel, gopher - any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
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brevifolia (Martinez-Berdeja and Ezcurra 2015) suggesting that other species may benefit from the fruit-carrying behavior of Ammospermophilus and Dipodomys.
Rodent removal of fallen Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) fruits
Mainland sites Species 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Muridae Peromyscus 8 8 4 20 15 33 10 2 100 maniculatus Peromyscus 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 13 crinitus Neotoma 9 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 25 lepida Mus musculus 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Heteromyidae Perognathus 32 44 39 0 6 0 6 3 130 formosus Perognathus 20 15 16 0 0 0 35 28 114 parvus Dipodomys 4 9 4 1 12 23 0 0 53 merriami Dipodomys 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 8 ordii Dipodomys 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 panamintinus Sciuridae Ammospermophilus 6 3 8 0 0 3 0 3 23 leucurus Total captured 80 88 73 29 33 60 61 48 472 Species richness 7 6 6 5 3 4 6 6 10 (S) species diversity 4 4 4 3 3 2 4 4 5 ([e.
Small mammals of Pyramid Lake and Anaho Island (Nevada)
La especie de mayor distribucion y abundancia fue la ardilla Ammospermophilus leucurus (Figura 5), la cual muestra una amplia distribucion y por sus habitos es considerada como generalista y oportunista (Kenagy et al.
El conocimiento de la fauna del Desierto de Vizcaino: una herramienta de conservacion
The Baja California Peninsula (Figure 3) showed three sub-areas: a) Baja California Peninsula, including the states of Baja California and Baja California Sur, based on Ammospermophilus leucurus, Chaetodipus arenarius (CI=0.
Areas of endemism of Mexican terrestrial mammals: a case study using species' ecological niche modeling, Parsimony Analysis of Endemicity and Goloboff fit/Areas de endemismo de mamiferos terrestres de Mexico: un caso de estudio usando modelos de nicho ecologico, Analisis de Parsimonia de Endemismos y ajuste de Goloboff/Areas de endemismo dos mamiferos terrestres do Mexico: um estudo de caso usando modelamento de nicho ecologico ..
Ammospermophilus interpres (Texas antelope ground squirrel).
Distributional records of mammals from the Permian Basin, Texas
The rodents are the most diverse animal group and include ground squirrels (Spermophilus townsendii, Ammospermophilus leucurus), chipmunks (Eutamias, Tamias), kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spp.
2 Life in the cold deserts and subdeserts
Sciurid species (which included Spermophilus beecheyi, Ammospermophilus leucurus, and Xerospermophilus tereticaudus) were grouped as "ground squirrels" and analyzed separately from other rodent species (Neotoma lepida and species of Dipodomys, Peromyscus, Chaetodipus, and Perognathus).
Native wildlife use of highway underpasses in a desert environment
crinitus, Ammospermophilus leucurus) were captured in a total of >6000 trap-nights (TN), but only two species were recorded on islands.
New records of mammals on small islands in the Central Gulf of California, Mexico
and Ammospermophilus leucurus while excluding Marmota spp.
APHIS, Wildlife Services' role in ground squirrel damage management. (Abstracts from the Symposium on Conservation Biology of Ground Squirrels and the Shrub-Steppe Ecosystem)

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