{"offset":0,"limit":20,"endOfRecords":true,"results":[{"key":459845917,"taxonKey":7982454,"type":"activity","language":"eng","description":"Activity patterns. Ring-tailed Ground Squirrels are diurnal and active year-round.","source":"Sciuridae","sourceTaxonKey":197542464},{"key":459845918,"taxonKey":7982454,"type":"biology_ecology","language":"eng","description":"Habitat. Dry tropical deciduous forests, associated with figs (Ficus, Moraceae) and oil palm (Elaeis, Arecaceae), and thornscrub with mesquite (Prosopis) and Acacia (both Fabaceae) trees and shrubs. The Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel appears capable of persisting in croplands of agave, lemon, mango, guava, and corn.","source":"Sciuridae","sourceTaxonKey":197542464},{"key":459845919,"taxonKey":7982454,"type":"biology_ecology","language":"eng","description":"Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel can live in low densities and appears to be solitary. Nesting can occur in burrows, crevices, or tree cavities. It vocalizes and quickly seeks shelter when alarmed.","source":"Sciuridae","sourceTaxonKey":197542464},{"key":459845920,"taxonKey":7982454,"type":"breeding","language":"eng","description":"Breeding. The Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel reproduces in the dry season (December — June).","source":"Sciuridae","sourceTaxonKey":197542464},{"key":459845921,"taxonKey":7982454,"type":"conservation","language":"eng","description":"Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Population trend of the Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel is unknown. Major conservation challenges might be degradation and fragmentation offorests and scrublands. It is locally common and can be viewed as a pest, resulting in it being hunted, trapped, or poisoned. Lack of data on natural history and ecology creates difficulty in effective management and conservation.","source":"Sciuridae","sourceTaxonKey":197542464},{"key":459845922,"taxonKey":7982454,"type":"description","language":"eng","description":"Descriptive notes. Head-body mean 221 - 2 mm (males) and 219 - 3 mm (females), tail mean 215 - 2 mm (males) and 207 - 6 mm (females); weight mean 360 - 8 g (males) and 386 - 3 g (females). The Ringtailed Ground Squirrel is medium-sized and has strikingly dark brown cinnamon-agouti dorsal pelage, with suffusion of orange to red on limbs. Eyes rings are buff to light orange. Venter is light rust to orange. Tail is grizzled slate-gray and frosted with light color ofventer. Subspecies goldmani has less rust color than annulatus.","source":"Sciuridae","sourceTaxonKey":197542464},{"key":459845923,"taxonKey":7982454,"type":"discussion","language":"eng","description":"Two subspecies are recognized.","source":"Sciuridae","sourceTaxonKey":197542464},{"key":459845924,"taxonKey":7982454,"type":"distribution","language":"eng","description":"Subspecies and Distribution. N. a. annulatusAudubon & Bachman, 1842 — SWN. a. toJalisco (Mexico). N. a. goldmani Merriam, 1902 — Jalisco to W Guerrero (Mexico).","source":"Sciuridae","sourceTaxonKey":197542464},{"key":459845925,"taxonKey":7982454,"type":"food_feeding","language":"eng","description":"Food and Feeding. The Ring-tailed Ground Squirrel is an herbivore, feeding on grass and forb leaves, stems, shoots; however, fruits and seeds of palms and mesquite are preferred. Cacti flesh and fruits are also eaten. It eats significant numbers of insects and spends considerable time foraging in forest canopy.","source":"Sciuridae","sourceTaxonKey":197542464},{"key":459845926,"taxonKey":7982454,"type":"materials_examined","language":"eng","description":"“ Western prairies. ” Restricted by A. H. Howell in 1938 to Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico.","source":"Sciuridae","sourceTaxonKey":197542464}]}