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Squirrels, marmots and chipmunks belong to this family of rodents. Some climb trees and others dig burrows. A few glide from tree to tree on flaps of skin. Marmots hibernate for several months in their burrows. Most eat seeds, nuts and fruit. They occur in nearly every region of the world.
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Sciuridae
Marmota marmota · Least concern
The alpine marmot is sometimes called the heaviest squirrel. It had vanished from the Pyrenees at the end of the Pleistocene and was successfully brought back in 1948. In hibernation its body temperature falls almost to that of the air, but its heart and breathing speed up if the burrow nears freezing.
Photo: François Trazzi. (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Sciuridae
Atlantoxerus getulus · Least concern
Argan fruits and seeds make up a major part of its diet. Described by Linnaeus in 1758, it is one of only two squirrels living north of the Sahara. It has been introduced to the Canary Islands, where it lives in family colonies in burrows.
Photo: Chrumps (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sciuridae
Cynomys ludovicianus · Least concern
A town of 400 million. That is what one of its colonies in Texas was reported to hold, over 64,000 km². It does not truly hibernate and can be seen above ground in midwinter. Yet over fall and winter it loses a fifth of its weight in bouts of torpor.
Photo: LeonardoWeiss (CC BY 3.0)
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