#0390 · 🦊 mammals

Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

🇳🇱 Cascadegrondeekhoorn ·Callospermophilus saturatus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel ( Spermophilus saturatus ) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, in the order Rodentia. It is the largest species of the three within the subgenus Callospermophilus. It is found in the Cascade Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada and the state of Washington, United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,360iNaturalist 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.
3,360 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Samuel Nicholson Rhoads in 1895 (131 years ago).