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.
Uinta Ground Squirrel tugging on a fat earthworm
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel tugging on a fat earthworm
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Uinta Ground Squirrel finds an earthworm
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel finds an earthworm
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Uinta Ground Squirrel adult with a muddy nose
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel adult with a muddy nose
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Uinta Ground Squirrel adult on an April morning
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel adult on an April morning
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel at eye level
Title: Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel at eye level
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Uinta Ground Squirrel adult with one muddy paw
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel adult with one muddy paw
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel standing next to sage
Title: Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel standing next to sage
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Uinta Ground Squirrel perched on sagebrush
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel perched on sagebrush
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/19/2019
Pair of Uinta Ground Squirrels in a sagebrush
Title: Pair of Uinta Ground Squirrels in a sagebrush
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/19/2019
Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel eating a small piece of grass
Title: Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel eating a small piece of grass
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2019
Uinta Ground Squirrel adult eating grass seeds
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel adult eating grass seeds
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2019
Uinta Ground Squirrel adult munching on a grass seed head
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel adult munching on a grass seed head
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2019
Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel hiding behind a grass stem
Title: Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel hiding behind a grass stem
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2019
Young Uinta Ground Squirrel in spring grasses
Title: Young Uinta Ground Squirrel in spring grasses
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2019
Uinta Ground Squirrel with a green background
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel with a green background
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2019
Uinta Ground Squirrel with a blue background
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel with a blue background
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/4/2019
Calling Uinta Ground Squirrel baby
Title: Calling Uinta Ground Squirrel baby
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2019
Curious Uinta Ground Squirrel babies
Title: Curious Uinta Ground Squirrel babies
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2019
Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel calling from a rock
Title: Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel calling from a rock
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2019
Alert adult Uinta Ground Squirrel in a Wasatch Mountain Canyon
Title: Alert adult Uinta Ground Squirrel in a Wasatch Mountain Canyon
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/6/2019