Rich in Resources - Wildlife - An Arctic Ground Squirrel

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Photo credit: Jonathan Waterman

 

An Arctic ground squirrel, Spermophilus parryii, stands alert near the Canning River.   Over the long winters, this species drops it body temperature to minus 3 Celsius during the world’s deepest mammalian hibernation.
 
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