#barbary ground squirrel

[rjzimmerman]

Barbary ground squirrel. Annemarie van der Marel

Excerpt from this story from Treehugger:

Ground squirrels have a good reason to be worried. They have lots of predators and few ways to defend against them. So they watch out for each other.

Unlike some animals that take turns playing sentry, Barbary ground squirrels keep watch together, a new study finds. It’s a behavior known as synchronous vigilance.

Found off the coast of Africa, these squirrels (Atlantoxerus getulus) are an invasive species that were introduced to the Canary Islands from Morocco.

Study lead author Annemarie van der Marel, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cincinnati, is fascinated by these small ground squirrels for many reasons. She spent three winters studying them for her research.

“I'm very intrigued by the question of how species navigate their social and physical environment. As Barbary ground squirrels are a social species that is invasive to Fuerteventura, they had to adapt to a different environment. So they represent an interesting study case for me to answer how they are resilient and such successful invaders,” van der Marel tells Treehugger.

“They are relatively short-lived (average lifespan about 2 years), which allows me to analyze data from their full lifecycle in a short period of time. Furthermore, they are small diurnal prey species, therefore many predators try to eat them and it's fascinating to me what behaviors they have evolved to evade predation and increase survival.”

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[jacobrileycreator]

Barbary ground squirrel postcard

  Barbary ground squirrel by GAStudio

[josephbrooksjewelry]

Barbary Striped Ground Squirrel , no chipmunks here but the ground squirrels have stripes like one. #groundsquirrels #chipmunks #morocco @josephbrooksjewelry (at Souss Massa National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cby2Wz4NwXZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[strange-works-blog]

Barbary Ground Squirrel #squirrels #groundsquirrel #squirrel #barbarygroundsquirrel #atlashörnchen #hörnchen #inversive #invader #cute #animalpic #wildlife_photography #wildlifephotography #wildlifeart #wildlife #animal #animals_of_instagram #animals #natureloversgallery #naturephotography #iganimals #igerscanarias #fuerteventura #spon_reise #lovecanaryislands #ok_canarias #estaes_canarias #travelandlife #travelblog #passportready #instago #instapassion (hier: Mirador Morro Velosa)

[nunoxaviermoreira]

Barbary ground squirrel by chrisdevisser Atlantoxerus getulus https://flic.kr/p/Ty7ccf

[snappydavid]

One of the many Barbary Ground Squirrels (chipmunks) that were bought to Fuertuventura as pets around 4 decades ago and have now bred to the extent they have colonised the entire island. #chipmunks (at San Jorge Castillo Hotel, Feurteventura) https://www.instagram.com/p/Buo2b2Al_9Q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e7ub1ipnghn3

[alexbeldi]

#beautyonearthproject 🌎💙🐿🌊🌋🌴🌵 #alexbeldiphotography 🤙🏼 The Barbary ground Squirrel (Chipmunks) is typically found on the coast of Northern Sahara,in Marocco, Algeria and in the vicinity of the Atlas Mountain Chipmunks are the smallest members of the squirrel family.

[artscult-com]

Barbary ground squirrel - high resolution image from old book.

[juzelyblog]

Was gibt es besseres als Atlashörnchen? Sea, Animal Wildlife, Water, Horizon Over Water, Nature, Outdoors, Close-up, Mammal, Animal Themes, Animals In The Wild, Beach, No People, Sky, Day, Barbary Ground Squirrel, NewToEyeEm, Tui Magic Life, Fuerteventura, Smsrtphone Photography, No Edit/no Filter, Atlantic Ocean, Beachphotography, Ruhige See, Niedlich, Süße Tiere at Magic Life Club Fuerteventura by Julian Zender on EyeEm

[jacobrileycreator]

Barbary ground squirrel

[latino]

[2014 - Spain - Canary Islands - Fuerteventura - Road to Betanicura] - Barbary ground squirrel

[strange-works-blog]

They do anything to get the nut :-) The barbary ground squirrel is an inversive species to this Island. They come from morocco #squirrel #squirrelsofinstagram #nature #animals #squirrellove #animallovers #cute #pets #instapassport #squirrelsofig #squirrellife #squirrellover #squirrelwhisperer #instagood #cuteanimals #passportready #vcso #squirrelfriends #squirrelsquad #squirrelfriend #petstagram #squirrelmaster #squirrelgang #squirrelfanclub #pets_of_instagram #squirrelnation #squirrelpower #fuerteventura #squirrelstagram #animalphotography (hier: Playa De Morro Jable)

[alexbeldi]

#beautyonearthproject 🌎💙🐿🌊🌋🌴🌵 #alexbeldiphotography 🤙🏼 The Barbary ground Squirrel (Chipmunks) is typically found on the coast of Northern Sahara,in Marocco, Algeria and in the vicinity of the Atlas Mountain Chipmunks are the smallest members of the squirrel family.

[juzelyblog]

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[jacobrileycreator]

Barbary ground squirrel