Ground hog at Valle Vidal: I got this shot of this little guy at Valle Vidal, which is in northern New Mexico. The series Longmire was filmed here when Sheriff Longmire was at his...

cwp3420

I got this shot of this little guy at Valle Vidal, which is in northern New Mexico. The series Longmire was filmed here when Sheriff Longmire was at his cabin. I took it with my Fuji X-T3 and my 55-200 mm lens.

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Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

I'm inclined to think this may be a ground squirrel of some sort. Cute little guys that can carry Bubonic Plague among other parasite transported diseases. None the less it is a nice shot of an interesting animal.

cwp3420

Curmudgeon wrote:

I'm inclined to think this may be a ground squirrel of some sort. Cute little guys that can carry Bubonic Plague among other parasite transported diseases. None the less it is a nice shot of an interesting animal.

That could be. My dad used to call them ground hogs, but you may be correct. There were a bunch up there to watch. The grandkids really got a kick out of them. Thanks.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

Curmudgeon wrote:

I'm inclined to think this may be a ground squirrel of some sort. Cute little guys that can carry Bubonic Plague among other parasite transported diseases. None the less it is a nice shot of an interesting animal.

Agree.
Look at the cheek pouches.
Bill

foggypreacher Loc: Dickinson, Texas

Sure looks like a ground hog, or as we called them when I was a kid, ground chuck because they were all over the highways and looked like, ground chuck.

RE Loc: California

I thought it was a Prairie Dog, goes to show you what I know! Nice image, I enjoyed it!

duane klipping Loc: Bristow iowa

Looks like a prairie dog to me.

Bamboo Loc: South Carolina

Prairie dogs are generally not as big bodied as this fellow.

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

cwp3420 wrote:

I got this shot of this little guy at Valle Vidal, which is in northern New Mexico. The series Longmire was filmed here when Sheriff Longmire was at his cabin. I took it with my Fuji X-T3 and my 55-200 mm lens.

This is likely a Rock squirrel.
Citellus variegatus.
Ground hog, Marmota monax, range much north and east of NM.
Nothing else similar in NM.
Bill

newtoyou Loc: Eastport

cwp3420 wrote:

I got this shot of this little guy at Valle Vidal, which is in northern New Mexico. The series Longmire was filmed here when Sheriff Longmire was at his cabin. I took it with my Fuji X-T3 and my 55-200 mm lens.

I must need glasses.
In download you can see a white tail tip, so Whitetailed prairie dog, Cynomys gunnisoni.
Range fits, as does description and illustration.
Bill

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

newtoyou wrote:

I must need glasses.
In download you can see a white tail tip, so Whitetailed prairie dog, Cynomys gunnisoni.
Range fits, as does description and illustration.
Bill

Wow, great call, you're right

cwp3420

newtoyou wrote:

I must need glasses.
In download you can see a white tail tip, so Whitetailed prairie dog, Cynomys gunnisoni.
Range fits, as does description and illustration.
Bill

Awesome. Thanks newtoyou. Now I know too.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

cwp3420 wrote:

I got this shot of this little guy at Valle Vidal, which is in northern New Mexico. The series Longmire was filmed here when Sheriff Longmire was at his cabin. I took it with my Fuji X-T3 and my 55-200 mm lens.

Jimmy T Loc: Virginia

newtoyou wrote:

I must need glasses.
In download you can see a white tail tip, so Whitetailed prairie dog, Cynomys gunnisoni.
Range fits, as does description and illustration.
Bill

Great catch!
Smile,
Jimmy T Sends

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

Looks like a prairie dog....