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Harris' Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus harrisii) - English
URL: http://wc.pima.edu/Bfiero/tucsonecology/animals/mamm_hasq.htm

Omnivorous, feeding on fruits and seeds and the occasional insect and mouse. Diurnal and active year-round. Because it is adapted to tolerate hyperthermia, it often is the only small mammal seen during the hottest parts of the day in summer.

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Ammospermophilus harrisii (Harris Antelope Squirrel): Narrative - English
URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/ammospermophilus/a._harrisii$narr

The Harris antelope squirrel inhabits arid, sparsely vegetated plains and lower mountain slopes. It prefers rocky hills or rocky soils.

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Ammospermophilus - English
URL: http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/mammalia/rodentia/sciuridae/ammospermophilu

List of species.

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Texas Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus interpres) - English
URL: http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/ammointe.htm

These squirrels are characteristic of desert regions in the southwest where they live chiefly around the edges of the lower valleys and in the low hills. They seem to prefer hard-surfaced, gravelly washes or rocky hill slopes and are less common or entirely absent on level, sandy terrain.

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White-tailed Antelope Squirrel - English
URL: http://sevilleta.unm.edu/data/species/mammal/sevilleta/profile/white-tailed-ante

Ammospermophilus leucurus is commonest in grasslands and marginal piñon-juniper woodland. It appears to prefer level, often sandy, areas b ut is also found in rocky situations and, like A. interpres, may climb low trees and shrubs. Holes of bannertail kangaroo rats and those of other rodents may be used as shelter.

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Rodentia Sciuridae Ammospermophilus, World Distribution Table - English
URL: http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/walker/tables/table.genus.rodentia.sciuridae.ammo

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