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Common Name:Squirrel, California Ground
Scientific Name:Spermophilus beecheyi
Family:Sciuridae
Area:Fort Umpqua - Elkton, Oregon
Date:September 23, 2012

This most common ground squirrel is found through out California, western Oregon, and south-central Washington. Also commonly called gray digger.
The buff flecks on it's back is an easy way to distinguish it from the similar sized Eastern Gray Squirrel.


Bush Park - Salem, Oregon - - - March 30, 2006


Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge - September 16, 2020

Reference:National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mammals by Whitaker