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[Photgog]

I think this is a Small Squirrel, it is from Montosa Canyon trip, but I think it was at Sweetwarter, Tucson, southern Arizona, Aug, 21, 2011.

Fraser

[jetmedix]

Fraser, I think you have a prairie dog there, but don't take that to the bank since I have never seen one before.

[Photgog]

This beast was maybe 6 inches maybe 11 including the tail.

I think Prairie Dogs are much bigger, but the new forums have alerted me as to how much I do not know about all of the others of Natures Creatures. My typical statement is... 'What I don't know about Nature's Creatures' Fills Many Books.

I gotta get some books.

Maybe Bigfoot can change the title here???

Fraser

[Bigfoot]

Is this what you want?

BF

[Photgog]

Good, Thanks Bigfoot

Fraser

[psweet]

Baby Prairie Dogs are out of the burrow when they're pretty small, but if there are Prairie Dogs at Sweetwater it's a pretty recent thing, I think.

[Photgog]

I have since learned that this is a Round-tailed Ground Squirrel.

Saw them again yesterday.

Fraser

[Gordo]

That looks very much like a Richardson's Ground Squirrel but I don't think their range extends that far south. I suspect the Richardson's & Round-tailed are closely related