#0281 · 🦊 mammals

White-tailed Antelope Squirrel

🇳🇱 Antilopegrondeekhoorn ·Ammospermophilus leucurus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

what is it?

The white-tailed antelope squirrel ( Ammospermophilus leucurus ), is a diurnal species of ground squirrel, scientifically classified in the order Rodentia and family Sciuridae, found in arid regions of the southwestern United States and the Baja California Peninsula of northwestern Mexico.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,363iNaturalist observations
weight 105 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.
8,363 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 105 g.
Scientifically named by Clinton Hart Merriam in 1889 (137 years ago).