#0218 · 🦊 mammals

Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

🇳🇱 Mantelgrondeekhoorn ·Callospermophilus lateralis

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Bob Hislop · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Alex Press · CC BY 4.0
4. © Simon Whitaker · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Chia aka Cory Chiappone · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Di · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Markus Lilje · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Chuck Gates · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Robert Flanagan · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The golden-mantled ground squirrel ( Callospermophilus lateralis ) is a ground squirrel native to western North America. It is distributed in British Columbia and Alberta through the western United States to California, Arizona, and New Mexico.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 27,467iNaturalist observations
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.
27,467 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1822 (204 years ago).