Belding's Ground Squirrel
Scientific Name: Spermophilus beldingi
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Sciuridae
Genus:Spermophilus
The Belding’s Ground Squirrel is a small squirrel with gray pleage and a muted brick-colored underside living in mountain meadows. While mainly eating seeds, flowers, and plants, their diet occasionally consists of small vertebrates, insects, and carrion. You can spot the Belding’ Ground Squirrel foraging for food during the day as it stays in its burrow at night.
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