Luckily the animal is not endangered so we can still see it. The squirrel's favorite foods are seeds, berries, green plants, insects, and pine cones. It stuffs its cheeks to bring extras home. It's about 12 inches long and is collecting pinecones, mushrooms, acorns, corn, sunflowers, blackberries, apples, flowers, buds, and other small animals found on the ground. It's a golden mantled squirrel.
Most people call it the ground squirrel.
They are found in all western states including Canada The only places where they don't live in North America is the extreme northern part of Canada and they also don't live in extreme southern parts of Mexico. These squirrels are seen in burrows that they dig in the ground. They love to roll around in dirt which fluffs their fur. The golden mantled squirrel looks a lot like a chipmunk. It does not have stripes except for a little one on its head.