Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, at the top of Prospect Mountain in Estes Park, Colorado (near the Rocky Mountain National Park). These squirrels have body stripes like chipmunks, but no head stripes; their head and shoulders are coppery-red. Here's another picture of a Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel in Estes Park. Scientific classification:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciurognathi
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Sciurinae
Species: Spermophilus lateralis



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	Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, at the top of Prospect Mountain in Estes Park, Colorado (near the Rocky Mountain National Park). These squirrels have body stripes like chipmunks, but no head stripes; their head and shoulders are coppery-red. Here's another picture of a Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel in Estes Park. Scientific classification: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciurognathi Family: Sciuridae Subfamily: Sciurinae Species: Spermophilus lateralis


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