13-Lined Ground Squirrel

The 13-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, is the more common of two species of ground squirrels in Morgan County, Colorado. It is small, about the size of a chipmunk, and seems to prefer clay soils and grasses rather than softer sandy s

EVER ALERT

When you're this small, practically everything out there will eat you if it can catch you. Ground squirrels have to avoid hawks, owls, foxes, cats, weasels, coyotes, bullsnakes, and rattlers to name just a few.