About This Object
- A mount of a golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis).
Collected in Carbon Co., Wyoming in 1989 by Richard T. Wiedenmann.
Curious Facts
The golden-mantled ground squirrel is an omnivore. It will eat pine nuts, acorns, herbs and shrubs, fungi, many kinds of insects, eggs, young birds, lizards, carrion, and human foods when available.