antelope squirrel

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antelope 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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Using camera trapping and fruits tied to bobbins, I show that white-tailed antelope squirrels (Ammospermophilus leucurus) and kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spp.) moved intact, fallen fruits 6 to 7 m from trees before opening them.

Rodent removal of fallen Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) fruits

No attempt was made to measure desert woodrats (Neotoma lepida) or antelope ground squirrels (Ammospermophilus leucurus) because of difficulty in simultaneously restraining and measuring them.

Small mammals of Pyramid Lake and Anaho Island (Nevada)

Though beyond the scope of our objectives, cameras recorded presence of other wildlife species, which included Badger (Taxidea taxus), Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), Bobcat (Lynx rufus), Coyote (Canis latrans), kangaroo rat (Dipdomys spp.), Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia wislizenii), Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata), Mountain Cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttalii), Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), and White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus).

Recent Kit Fox detections at their Northern-most extent in Southeastern Oregon

Rodents included desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida), western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis), deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei), northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster), meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus), plains pocket gopher ( Thomomys bottae), Townsend's ground squirrel (Spermophilus townsendii), whitetail antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus), Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordi) and the chisel-toothed kangaroo rat (Dipodomys microps).

Niche overlap and resource partitioning between sympatric kit foxes and coyotes in the Great Basin Desert of Western Utah

Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus and Ammospermophilus).

Species at risk: Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis) body mass: a comparison of live-trapped individuals, published literature, and unpublished museum specimens

The strict consensus cladogram had 4021 steps, CI=0.11 and RI=0.81, and included 39 characteristic species (Ammospermophilus insularis, A.

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

2001) on five species of ground squirrels of conservation concern in the Basin: white-tailed antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus), Uinta ground squirrel (Spermophilus armatus), Idaho ground squirrel (S.

Broad-scale assessment of environmental conditions for selected ground squirrels in the interior Columbia Basin. (Abstracts from the Symposium on Conservation Biology of Ground Squirrels and the Shrub-Steppe Ecosystem)

The rodents are the most diverse animal group and include ground squirrels (Spermophilus townsendii, Ammospermophilus leucurus), chipmunks (Eutamias, Tamias), kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spp.), kangaroo mice (Microdipodops megacephalus, M.

2 Life in the cold deserts and subdeserts

and Ammospermophilus spp.) Lagomorphs Brush rabbits (Sylvilagus bachmani), desert cottontail (S.

The distribution and abundance of coyotes: the effects of allochthonous food subsidies from the sea

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