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= California ground squirrel =

The California ground squirrel is a living thing because it can respond, grow and develop, it's made out of one or more cells and it can reproduce. Here are more details. Four characteristics
 * Respond: When the weather gets hotter, it moves to a cooler space.
 * Grows and Develops: When it is a new born, it can't open it's eyes but,and at the age of one they are mature.
 * Made out of one or more cells: It has blood cells, nerve cells, and other cells.
 * Reproduces: At early spring. The female will have five to eight babies.

Four needs
 * Food: plants, vegetables, nuts, seeds, cactus, eggs, berries, sometimes small insects and animals. In the winter, they store the food in their under ground burrows.
 * Habitat: In under ground burrows in the deserts of California
 * Air: It breaths air by it's nose and through their noses.
 * Water: They get water from the berries, insects, cactus, eggs, and vegetables.

A scientific classification It is an animal || It has a back bone+spinal cord || It is a mammal. It gives birth to its young and provides milk to young. || It is a rodent like: mice, rats, other squirrels, beavers, guinea pigs, and hamsters. It has incisors for gnawing. || The famliy of Sciuridae includes: tree squirrels, flying squirrels, ground squirrels,chipmunks, marmots, and prairie dogs.They are closely connected to the Mountain beaver and the dormouse. They are native to America, Eurasia, and Africa. || California ground squirrels genetically realted to Rock squirrels and Baja rock squirrels. ||
 * Kingdom: || Animalia
 * Phylum: || Chordata
 * Class: || Mammalia
 * Order: || Rodentia
 * Family: || Sciuridae
 * Genus: || Otospermophilous
 * Species: || O.beecheyi A.K.A. California ground squirrel. ||

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