#0394 · 🦊 mammals

Harris' Antelope Squirrel

🇳🇱 Harrisgrondeekhoorn ·Ammospermophilus harrisii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

Harris's antelope squirrel ( Ammospermophilus harrisii ) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, and in Sonora in Mexico. They are adapted to hot weather conditions including a technique called "heat dumping". They have a wide ranging diet, including both vegetation, insects, small rodents and carrion.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,248iNaturalist observations
weight 122 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,248 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 122 g.
Scientifically named by John Bachman in 1854 (172 years ago).