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.
Calling Uinta Ground Squirrel
Title: Calling Uinta Ground Squirrel
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/3/2016
Uinta Ground Squirrel portrait
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel portrait
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/14/2015
Welcoming Uinta Ground Squirrel at the gate to the River Marsh Campground
Title: Welcoming Uinta Ground Squirrel at the gate to the River Marsh Campground
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/14/2015
Centennial Valley Uinta Ground Squirrel
Title: Centennial Valley Uinta Ground Squirrel
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/14/2015
Resting Uinta Ground Squirrel
Title: Resting Uinta Ground Squirrel
Location: Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/26/2014
Sitting Uinta Ground Squirrel
Title: Sitting Uinta Ground Squirrel
Location: Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/26/2014
Standing Uinta Ground Squirrel
Title: Standing Uinta Ground Squirrel
Location: Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/26/2014
Alert Uinta Ground Squirrel
Title: Alert Uinta Ground Squirrel
Location: Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/26/2014
Alaska Basin Uinta Ground Squirrel
Title: Alaska Basin Uinta Ground Squirrel
Location: Alaska Basin, either Beaverhead County, MT or Fremont County, ID
Date: 6/18/2013
Uinta Ground Squirrel at Red Rock Lakes NWR
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel at Red Rock Lakes NWR
Location: Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/21/2012
Uinta Ground Squirrel in the Uintas
Title: Uinta Ground Squirrel in the Uintas
Location: Uinta National Forest, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/21/2010