The ground squirrels are members of the squirrel family of rodents (Sciuridae) which generally live on or in the ground, rather than trees.ogether, they make up the marmot tribe  of squirrels, Marmotini, and the large and mainly ground squirrel subfamily Xerinae, and containing six living genera.
Synthesis: Putting together different entities to make a whole which is new and different. In biochemistry, synthesis refers specifically to the process of building compounds from more elementary substances by means of one or more chemical reactions. For example, the adipocyte is a cell that is specialized in the synthesis and storage of fat. Last Editorial Review: 6/9/2016.
Total synthesis, the complete organic synthesis of complex organic compounds, usually without the aid of biological processes; Convergent synthesis or linear synthesis, a strategy to improve the efficiency of multi-step chemical syntheses; Dehydration synthesis, a chemical synthesis resulting in the loss of a water molecule