Arctic Ground Squirrel
Strong front paws that are well adapted for digging and
burrowing.
Average length of an Arctic Ground Squirrel is
approximately 39 cm.
The average mass 750 g. However, males generally are
around 100 g heavier than females.
Diet
Herbivore.
Eats a wide variety of plants including seeds, berries,
willow leaves, mushrooms, grasses and flowers.
In the summer, it begins to store willow leaves, seeds
and grasses in its burrow.
Hibernates in the winter (from September to April) and it
uses this store of food after it wakes up while it is waiting
for spring plants to grow.
Sometimes this squirrel carries food back to it's den
within its cheeks.
Reproduction
Arctic ground squirrels mate in May.
The female has between five and ten babies.
The babies are born blind and hairless in late June.
The babies begin to grow hair after about eight days,
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