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Franklin ground squirrel

[< Sir John Franklin, English explorer, 1786-1847]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a gray ground squirrel, Spermophilus franklini, found on the prairies.

Quotations

1941

The gray or Franklin ground squirrel [is] notable for its loud, ringing, musical call-note.

1955

Apparently he was even more interested in nature study, for he described many plants, animals, and birds of Alberta, which he named for himself and Sir John Franklin--the Franklin ground squirrel, the common Franklin gull, the Richardson kangaroo rat. . . .