#0217 · 🦊 mammals

Rock Squirrel

🇳🇱 Rotsgrondeekhoorn ·Otospermophilus variegatus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © kenttrulsson · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Anders Illum · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Kristof & Yulia · CC BY 4.0
4. © Jesús Moreno Navarro · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Scott Bowers · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Jerry Oldenettel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © ellen hildebrandt · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Erin and Lance Willett · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © sea-kangaroo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
10. © dnvarga · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The rock squirrel ( Otospermophilus variegatus ) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae and is native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 30,058iNaturalist 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.
30,058 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777 (249 years ago).