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Rock squirrel        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Rock squirrels are large, long-tailed ground squirrels from the American southwest.   They closely resemble the more westerly California ground squirrel but lack the latter's gray sholders.   These were photographed near the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum near Tucson, Arizona; one has a bit of red stain on its cheek from eating watermelon swiped from a black bear enclosure.

  • Canon 1D4, 800 mm f4 IS lens, some with 1.4X extender, fill-in flash (2011, 2013)