Mammals
Rodents

California Ground Squirrel

Otospermophilus beecheyi

Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA - May 2006

This colonial species is common throughout most of its range (western Oregan, California and northern Baja California) in fairly open habitat. It was formerly known as Spermophilus beecheyi but was reclassified as Otospermophilus beecheyi in 2009.