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.
Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel nibbling on grasses
Title: Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel nibbling on grasses
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/6/2019
Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel munching on spring grasses
Title: Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel munching on spring grasses
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/6/2019
Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel standing next to its burrow
Title: Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel standing next to its burrow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Young Uinta Ground Squirrel at a burrow
Title: Young Uinta Ground Squirrel at a burrow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Young Uinta Ground Squirrel stretching out on the ground
Title: Young Uinta Ground Squirrel stretching out on the ground
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Young Uinta Ground Squirrel eating while sitting
Title: Young Uinta Ground Squirrel eating while sitting
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Young Uinta Ground Squirrel standing on a stump
Title: Young Uinta Ground Squirrel standing on a stump
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Up close with a young Uinta Ground Squirrel
Title: Up close with a young Uinta Ground Squirrel
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Young Uinta Ground Squirrel up close with its siblings
Title: Young Uinta Ground Squirrel up close with its siblings
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Standing baby Uinta Ground Squirrel close up
Title: Standing baby Uinta Ground Squirrel close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Young Uinta Ground Squirrel close up with another one in the background
Title: Young Uinta Ground Squirrel close up with another one in the background
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Six Uinta Ground Squirrel babies at their burrow
Title: Six Uinta Ground Squirrel babies at their burrow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel close up
Title: Adult Uinta Ground Squirrel close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Young Uinta Ground Squirrel in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Young Uinta Ground Squirrel in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/17/2018
Uinta Ground Squirrel damped by dew
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel damped by dew
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/15/2018
Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel near its burrow
Title: Baby Uinta Ground Squirrel near its burrow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/15/2018
Uinta Ground Squirrel near East Canyon Creek
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel near East Canyon Creek
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2017
Summit County Uinta Ground Squirrel
Title: Summit County Uinta Ground Squirrel
Location: Uinta Mountains, Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2016
Uinta Ground Squirrel on lichen covered boulder
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel on lichen covered boulder
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/3/2016
Uinta Ground Squirrel on alert
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel on alert
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/3/2016