susliks

Hares and rabbits, mice and voles, marmots, susliks, and lemmings abounded in huge numbers; toads, frogs, snakes, and lizards had their place.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

There was the usual complement of small grassland animals: susliks, marmots, jerboas, hamsters, hares, and a crested porcupine species that was new to the woman.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

The small furry creatures were an example that Ayla noticed, although during the freezing season, the mice, dormice, voles, susliks, and hamsters were seldom seen, except when she broke through a nest for the vegetable foods they had stored.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

He finished by affixing pairs of long feathers, found near the river, from the numerous white-tailed eagles, falcons, and black kites that lived in the region feeding on the abundance of susliks and other small rodents.

The Plains of Passage Auel, Jean M. 1990

As the Lion Camp hiked overland, the ubiquitous holes of spotted susliks were too numerous to count, and in some areas they bad to wend their way around hundreds of grass-covered mounds, two to three feet high, each a community of steppe marmots.

The Mammoth Hunters Auel, Jean M. 1985

The graceful birds usually detected the unsuspecting susliks while soaring in the air, but the kite could also hover like a kestrel, the native falcon, or fly very low to take its prey by surprise.

The Mammoth Hunters Auel, Jean M. 1985