Golden-mantled ground squirrel, Callospermophilus saturatus, C. lateralis. amɨtmí tánawit ‘the ground squirrel’s den’; amɨtyáy ‘Ground Squirrel’. [Cf. possibly NP /ˀmn/ ‘gopher, mole’.]
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