Prairie Dog?

[Michaelaw]

http://www.redzonefilms.com/pics7/pdog.jpg

[JAS_Photo]

Cute little fella. I am going to say Richardson's Ground squirrel aka what we call a gopher.

[Matt K.]

Yup, plain old gopher .. two bits a tail they used to pay .....

[Iguanasan]

A lovely shot, Michael. This gopher vs groundhog fight sounds like an episode of Corner Gas ;)