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I don't think it was far off with gopher, they are all related very closely
Locals all refer them as "Rocky Mountain Ground Squirrels" and I think even in some of the tourist guides for the Banff Canmore area... but also gopher, lol.
When I first heard their name having freshly moved from Saskatchewan I remember thinking "that's an awefully fancy name for a gopher" lol. Come to think of it I don't think I've heard them refered to as Richardson's in the 22 years I've been around these particular ones. Personally I think they are just gophers that get better food then the ones in the praries (aka prarie dog) and hence end up fatter and slightly more colorful coats
it was very weird for me.. cuz your squirrels are small and you have all these other squirrel like creatures!.. then some people call chipmunks ground squirrels! so its soo confusing!..lol
there are these, red squirrels, striped squirrels, the little striped chipmunks(who look like the striped squirrels on half the size)and even some flying squirrels that are most common in the mountains... Calgary and area also has the bigger black squirrels. and then there are all the others ones like the marmots, pikas, martins, weasles, otters, beavers, minks and pack rats (which don't really looks like rats at all) that are in the area... soo many fuzzy little rodents, lol.
Ya I saw in your iphone pics you went up the spray lakes road (never did know the number of it, lol)..... I like that road
HAHHAH yah.. i noticed they were common in the "avalanche area no stopping" . its like " well i have to stop they are in my way!".. lol i did spray lakes road twice..
I believe it's a Richardson's Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii).
(Pssssst! just so ya know: true Gophers have very small eyes for their head size.)