#0291 · 🦊 mammals

Douglas's Ground Squirrel

Otospermophilus douglasii

🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The California ground squirrel ( Otospermophilus beecheyi ), also known as the Beechey ground squirrel , 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...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,788iNaturalist 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).