#0204 · 🦊 mammals

California Ground Squirrel

🇳🇱 Californische Grondeekhoorn ·Otospermophilus beecheyi

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The California ground squirrel ( Otospermophilus beecheyi ), is a common and easily observed ground squirrel of the western United States and the Baja California Peninsula; it is common in Oregon and California and its range has relatively recently extended into Washington and northwestern Nevada. Formerly placed in Spermophilus , as Spermophilus beecheyi , it was reclassified in Otospermophilus in 2009 as it became clear that Spermophilus as previously defined was not a natural (monophyletic) group. A full species account...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 65,109iNaturalist 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.
65,109 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Richardson in 1829 (197 years ago).