number of embryos was found to be six, where the average number of live juveniles was four.

Due to the habitat destruction and fragmentation of land, there are fewer opportunities for breeding between genetically diverse individuals. Perote ground squirrels have been seen mating within their own family, which may lead to inbreeding. However, results have shown that "no inbreeding coefficient value for any population was significantly different from zero, implying that inbreeding had little