| 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.
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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 |
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