Dossier
ground squirrels
Coverage of ground squirrels in the Nexus archive.
- Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’
Fossilized feces from ancient ground squirrels contained remains of mammoths, bison, and big cats. These findings include some of the oldest DNA ever reconstructed, suggesting the squirrels scavenged carcasses during the Pleistocene era.