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prairie squirrel 
the Richardson ground squirrel, Spermophilus richardsonii.
- 1872 (1873) No sound broke the stillness except the chirp of the gopher, or prairie squirrel, running to his hole in the ground.
- 1955 The prairie gopher rarely, if ever, drinks water, a special provision of Nature causing the starchy food in the stomach to be converted into liquid.
- 1872 (1873) No sound broke the stillness except the chirp of the gopher, or prairie squirrel, running to his hole in the ground.