Rio Grande Ground Squirrel

base stats

• NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 1,838iNaturalist observations

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.
• 🌍1,838 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777 (249 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Rio Grande Ground Squirrel

scientific name

Ictidomys parvidens

class

Mammalia

order

Rodentia

family

Sciuridae

sightings in NL

0

sightings worldwide

1,838

GBIF records in NL

0

weight

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length

—

lifespan

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named

1777 by Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben