The Rio Grande ground squirrel, Ictidomys parvidens, is a squirrel of the family Sciuridae found in the southwestern United States, in Texas and New Mexico, and in northeastern Mexico. It is mostly brown, with nine broken rows of squarish white spots on its back that are less distinct than those of the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, and its body length runs from about 29.9 to 35.2 centimetres. It lives in grasslands and scrub, often near mesquite and cholla, has adapted to golf courses and road verges, and digs burrows with several escape tunnels. It is omnivorous, eating seeds, nuts, roots, insects, mice and eggs, and it hibernates. It was once treated as a subspecies of the Mexican ground squirrel and hybridizes with the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
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It is found in the southwestern United States (Texas and New Mexico) and in northeastern Mexico.
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It is found in the southwestern United States (Texas and New Mexico) and in northeastern Mexico.
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It is found in the southwestern United States (Texas and New Mexico) and in northeastern Mexico.
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It is found in the southwestern United States (Texas and New Mexico) and in northeastern Mexico.
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The Rio Grande ground squirrel is found in grasslands and scrub habitat from southwestern New Mexico to northern Zacatecas and east to the gulf coast.
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The Rio Grande ground squirrel is omnivorous.
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It is found in the southwestern United States (Texas and New Mexico) and in northeastern Mexico.
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It is found in the southwestern United States (Texas and New Mexico) and in northeastern Mexico.
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It is found in the southwestern United States (Texas and New Mexico) and in northeastern Mexico.
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The Rio Grande ground squirrel (Ictidomys parvidens) is a species of squirrel in the family Sciuridae.
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The Rio Grande ground squirrel (Ictidomys parvidens) is a species of squirrel in the family Sciuridae.
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The Rio Grande ground squirrel (Ictidomys parvidens) is a species of squirrel in the family Sciuridae.
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