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Ammospermophilus leucurus
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{{Taxobox Antelope Squirrel | status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3 | image = White_Tailed_Squirrel.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = White-tailed Antelope Squirrel in Southern Utah | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | ordo = Rodentia | familia = Sciuridae | genus = Ammospermophilus | species = A. leucurus | binomial = Ammospermophilus leucurus | binomial_authority = (Merriam, 1889) }}
The White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus) is a diurnal species of ground squirrel found in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is omnivorous, feeding primarily on foliage (10%-60% of its diet), seeds (20%-50%), arthropods, and to a lesser extent, vertebrates (mainly lizards and rodents; predatory behavior by ground squirrels has been noted[1][2][3][4]).[5] This species of squirrel has an average home range of 14.9 acres (60,000 m2), and utilizes approximately 4 acres (16,000 m2) in its daily activities.[6]
References
- ^ Green, M. M. (1925). Notes on some mammals of Montmorency County, Michigan. J. Mamm., 6: 173-178.
- ^ Bailey, B. (1923). Meat-eating propensities of some rodents of Minnesota. J. Mamm., 4: 129.
- ^ Johnson, A. M. (1922). An observation of the carnivorous propensities of the gray gopher. J. Mamm., 3: 187.
- ^ Bridgwater, D. D., and Penny, D.F. (1966). Predation by Citellus tridecemlineatus on other vertebrates. J. Mamm., 47: 345-346.
- ^ Bradley W. G. (1968). Food habits of the antelope ground squirrel in southern Nevada. Journal Of Mammalogy, 49:14–21
- ^ Bradley, W.G. and J.E. Deacon (1965). "The biotic communities of southern Nevada," Univ. Nevada, Desert Research Institute Preprint, 9: 1-74 plus indices.
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