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Kingdom - Animals -
Animalia
Phylum - Vertebrates -
Craniata
Class - Mammals -
Mammalia
Order - Rodents -
Rodentia
Family - Squirrels -
Sciuridae
Species - Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel -
Spermophilus lateralis
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel -
Spermophilus lateralis
Global Rank
:
G5
State Rank
:
S4
Agency Status
USFWS
:
none
USFS
:
none
BLM
:
none
CFWCS Tier
:
3
General Description
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General Distribution
Montana Range
Western Hemisphere Range
Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana
Number of Observations:
160
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Relative Density
Recency
(Records associated with a range of dates are excluded from time charts)
Migration
Non-migratory.
Habitat
Occurs throughout the montane and subalpine forests, where- ever the rocky habitat it dwells in (outcrops and talus slopes) is present. It will range above timberline and even (in summer at least) into alpine tundra. (Hoffmann and Pattie 1968).
Food Habits
Apparently stores food in den.
Ecology
Short, simple, concealed burrows--entrance near rock, stump, log, or bush (Banfield 1974).
Reproductive Characteristics
Scant information available for Montana. See A82TOM01 for out-of-state citations (on a variety of S. lateralis to- pics). Young breed as yearlings (Banfield 1974).
Citations & Sources
Banfield, A. W. F. 1974. The mammals of Canada. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
Foresman, K.R. 2001. The wild mammals of Montana.
Special Publication No. 12. American Society of Mammalogists
Maser, C. and Z. Maser. 1988. Interactions among squirrels, mycorrhizal fungi, and coniferous forests in Oregon. Great Basin Nat. 48:358-369.
Additional Sources of Information Related to "Mammals"
American Society of Mammalogists
Bat Conservation International
Bats of Alberta
Mammal Species of the World
Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Natural Heritage Tracker (Statewide Database of Animal Observations)
North American Mammal Checklist
Shrew Information
Species Accounts for Mammals of the World
The Wild Mammals of Montana by Kerry R. Foresman
Western Bat Working Group
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