File:Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel in situ Payette NF Bill Rautsaw (11826690806).jpg

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Found only in Adams and Valley Counties in the Central Idaho Mountains. Listed as Threatened 4-03-2000. One of the rarest mammals in N. America. Habitat restoration for the NIDGS has been underway since 1997 on the Payette National Forest. When the species was listed in 2000 the estimated population was 350 individuals, current population estimate 1500 individuals. One of the smallest geographic ranges of any ground squirrel in the world. The only mammal endemic to Idaho, “ A True Idaho Native “ Location: Mud Creek, Payette National Forest.

USDA Forest Service photo by Bill Rautsaw.
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Source Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel in situ_Payette NF_Bill Rautsaw
Author Intermountain Forest Service, USDA Region 4 Photography

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