Editing Richardson's ground squirrel (section)

===Reproduction===
Female Richardson's ground squirrels produce one litter per year. Litter size averages 6, though the maximum size recorded is 14. The young are born in April or May.<ref name=litters>{{cite web|title=Litter Size|url=http://people.uleth.ca/~michener/litter_size.htm|publisher=[[University of Lethbridge]]|access-date=August 8, 2010}}</ref>  Young ground squirrels remain underground in the [[burrow]] until they are approximately 30 days old, emerging from natal burrows late May to mid-June. At emergence, the young weigh 50 to 100 grams.