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order: Rodentia
family: Sciuridae
Sci name: Marmota flaviventris

brown fur with white tips
furry tail
feet are NOT webbed (unlike nutria)
white around nose
yellow/white by ear on neck and belly

ground squirrels: twisted zygomatic arch
tree squirrels: untwisted zygomatic arch