#0299 · 🦊 mammals

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel

Ictidomys tridecemlineatus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The thirteen-lined ground squirrel ( Ictidomys tridecemlineatus ), also known as the striped gopher , leopard ground squirrel , squinney , and as the leopard-spermophile in Audubon’s day, is a ground squirrel. It is widely distributed over grasslands and prairies of North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,092iNaturalist 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.
7,092 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Samuel L. Mitchill in 1821 (205 years ago).