Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
They get their name from their golden mantle, as seen on their head and shoulders.
They are omnivores, known to eat a wide variety of food including underground fungi, nuts, acorns, seeds, flowers, birds, eggs, lizards and insect larvae.
They eat a lot of coniferous tree seeds which makes reforestation efforts harder because the seeds aren’t able to disperse.
They hibernate in the winter in underground dens that are shallow in height, but about 20 feet long.
They are not very social and tend to live alone.