ground squirrel
Prairie dog relative
A ground squirrel is any of various burrowing rodents that live primarily on or under the ground rather than in trees.
The term covers many species including chipmunks, prairie dogs, and marmots.
Ground squirrels typically dig extensive tunnel systems and are often considered pests in agricultural areas: Ground squirrels have been raiding the garden again.
Striped burrowing rodent
- marmotLarge burrowing ground squirrel
- prairie dogColonial burrowing grassland rodent
- gopherBurrowing North American rodent
- rodentGnawing mammal order
mammal · woodchuck · California · Arctic
Plant embryos in casings
food cache · cheek pouches · gathering · hoarding · scavenging · grazing · roots · shoots
Animal's dug dwelling
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- denPrivate room or lair
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
excavation · digging · mound · colony · warren · entrance · soil · dirt
Inactive, sluggish state
- dormancySuspended biological activity
- fat reservesStored adipose tissue
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
- denningRetiring to lair
emergence · seasonal · energy conservation · body temperature · survival · thermoregulation · lethargy · arousal
chipmunk
Striped burrowing rodent
- marmotLarge burrowing ground squirrel
- prairie dogColonial burrowing grassland rodent
- gopherBurrowing North American rodent
rodent · mammal · woodchuck · California · Arctic
seeds
Plant embryos in casings
insects · food cache · cheek pouches · gathering · hoarding · scavenging · grazing · roots · shoots · larder
burrow
Animal's dug dwelling
underground · excavation · digging · mound · colony · warren · entrance · soil · dirt · shelter
torpor
Inactive, sluggish state
- dormancySuspended biological activity
- fat reservesStored adipose tissue
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
denning · emergence · seasonal · energy conservation · body temperature · survival · thermoregulation · lethargy · arousal · overwintering
standing upright
chattering · basking · sunning · social · territorial · curiosity · wariness · darting · freezing · bolt hole
- squirrelschipmunk, bushy tail
- Arctic animalsarctic fox, arctic tern, polar bear, musk ox, caribou
- Eurasian wildlifeSiberian tiger, giant panda, red panda, snow leopard, Asian elephant
- hibernatorsgroundhog, woodchuck, chipmunk, black bear, brown bear
- North American wildlifebald eagle, grizzly bear, moose, gray wolf, pronghorn
- KalahariKalahari Desert, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, gemsbok
ground squirrelflying squirrel
Membrane-winged gliding rodent
flying · gliding · climbing · red squirrel · gray squirrel