Torrington, Alberta
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Torrington is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Kneehill County. It is approximately 160 kilometres northeast of Calgary at the junction of Highway 27 and Highway 805.
Clem T. GoFur
Richardson's ground squirrel
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Richardson's ground squirrel, also known as the dakrat or flickertail, is a North American ground squirrel in the genus Urocitellus. Like a number of other ground squirrels, they are sometimes called
Torrington, Alberta
…The main industry is agriculture. The community is home to the Gopher Hole Museum, dedicated to stuffed Richardson's ground squirrels (technically not gophers) in anthropomorphic taxidermy settings. A very large outdoor gopher sculpture (12 ft high) named "Clem T. GoFur" is located…
Richardson's Szmurlo
Fossil specimen from the Pleistocene of Nebraska
Exhibiting territorial behavior
Eating a dandelion