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Report of the Ornithologist
Report of the Secretary of Agriculture-1892
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1893
Gould Library Government Documents
The name Spermophilus means seed lover, and these creatures most certainly love to eat seeds. However, the Spermophilus is not a vegetarian, as the following report attests:
If one of their own species is found dead it is promptly eaten, thus proving that they are cannibals as well as generally omnivorous.