Uinta Ground Squirrel Images, Facts and Information:
Urocitellus armatus
- Uinta Ground Squirrels have cinnamon colored heads, faces and ears, brown to buff upperparts, small ears and buff tails mixed with black.
- Uinta Ground Squirrels estivate and hibernate. Males emerge first in the spring.
- They inhabit open areas like shrubsteppe habitat, meadows and pastures with elevations between 4,000 and 8,010 feet.
- They eat grass, seeds, forbs, worms and food humans discard.
- Uinta Ground Squirrels have about 5 young per litter, they have one litter a year.
- A common nickname for Uinta Ground Squirrels is “Potgut”.
- Uinta Ground Squirrels can live up to 7 years
I hope you enjoy viewing my Uinta Ground Squirrel photos.
Young Uinta Ground Squirrel in summer
Title: Young Uinta Ground Squirrel in summer
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2022
Young Uinta Ground Squirrel munching grass seeds
Title: Young Uinta Ground Squirrel munching grass seeds
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2022
Summer Uinta Ground Squirrel nibbling grass seeds
Title: Summer Uinta Ground Squirrel nibbling grass seeds
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2022
Summer young Uinta Ground Squirrel close up
Title: Summer young Uinta Ground Squirrel close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/12/2022
Chunky Uinta Ground Squirrel
Title: Chunky Uinta Ground Squirrel
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/22/2022
Uinta Ground Squirrel in low light conditions
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel in low light conditions
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/22/2022
Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel on an old sagebrush stump
Title: Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel on an old sagebrush stump
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/26/2022
Uinta Ground Squirrel nibbling on spring grasses
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel nibbling on spring grasses
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/15/2022
Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel portrait in spring
Title: Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel portrait in spring
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Uinta Ground Squirrel on a gnarly old stump
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel on a gnarly old stump
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel standing at attention
Title: Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel standing at attention
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Uinta Ground Squirrel with a silky green background
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel with a silky green background
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel with a very muddy nose
Title: Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel with a very muddy nose
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Dozing Uinta Ground Squirrel
Title: Dozing Uinta Ground Squirrel
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel in damp dirt
Title: Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel in damp dirt
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel and shadow
Title: Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel and shadow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Cuddling baby Uinta Ground Squirrels
Title: Cuddling baby Uinta Ground Squirrels
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel portrait
Title: Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel portrait
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Cute baby Uinta Ground Squirrel in June
Title: Cute baby Uinta Ground Squirrel in June
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Young Uinta Ground Squirrel peeking out of a burrow
Title: Young Uinta Ground Squirrel peeking out of a burrow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2022