| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:Animalia gptkb:right
 
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                                | gptkbp:activityPattern | Diurnal 
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                                | gptkbp:behavior | Colonial 
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                                | gptkbp:burrowing | Yes 
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                                | gptkbp:class | gptkb:Mammalia 
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                                | gptkbp:commonName | Ground squirrel 
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                                | gptkbp:communication | Alarm calls 
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                                | gptkbp:conservationStatus | Least Concern (most species) 
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                                | gptkbp:diet | gptkb:herbivore Omnivore
 
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                                | gptkbp:distribution | gptkb:Eurasia gptkb:North_America
 
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                                | gptkbp:ecologicalRole | Seed dispersal Soil aeration
 
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                                | gptkbp:family | gptkb:Sciuridae 
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                                | gptkbp:habitat | Grasslands Woodlands
 Savannas
 
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                                | gptkbp:hibernates | Some species 
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                                | gptkbp:kingdom | gptkb:Animalia 
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                                | gptkbp:lifespan | 2-6 years 
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                                | gptkbp:litterSize | 2-8 
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                                | gptkbp:notableSpecies | gptkb:California_ground_squirrel gptkb:Richardson's_ground_squirrel
 gptkb:Thirteen-lined_ground_squirrel
 
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                                | gptkbp:order | gptkb:Rodentia 
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                                | gptkbp:phylum | gptkb:Chordata 
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                                | gptkbp:predators | gptkb:Snakes gptkb:Birds_of_prey
 Coyotes
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | Chipmunks Marmots
 Prairie dogs
 
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                                | gptkbp:reproduction | Live young 
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                                | gptkbp:scientificName | Ictidomys (in part) Otospermophilus (in part)
 Poliocitellus (in part)
 Spermophilus (in part)
 Urocitellus (in part)
 Xerospermophilus (in part)
 
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                                | gptkbp:subfamily | gptkb:Sciurinae 
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                                | gptkbp:tailLength | Shorter and less bushy than tree squirrels 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Hibernation 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Ground squirrels 
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