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golden mantled ground squirrel

Callospermophilus lateralis

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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larger than a chipmunk and lacking the facial stripes, the golden mantled ground squirrel is often mistaken for the smaller squirrel species. This one was checking out the wall around crater lake, looking for picnic scraps

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PublishedSeptember 19, 2013

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