#0468 · 🦊 mammals

Franklin's Ground Squirrel

Poliocitellus franklinii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Brent Guinn · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © darlamarie · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © dherrera13 · CC0
4. Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Minnesota:© eknuth · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Manitoba, CA:© rayleneblonski · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Lake County, MN, USA:© Brandon Caswell · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Gooseberry Falls State Park, Two Harbors, MN, US:© Paul Marcum · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Deer Park, Omaha, NE, USA:© raymie · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sherwood No. 159, SK, Canada:© Donald Morton · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. St. Louis County, MN, USA:© Annabelle Watts · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Franklin's ground squirrel ( Poliocitellus franklinii ) is a species of squirrel native to North America, and the only member of the genus Poliocitellus . Due to the destruction of prairie, the populations of Franklin's ground squirrel have dwindled, approaching levels of concern. However, the species is prolific and locally abundant.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,092iNaturalist 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.
2,092 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Joseph Sabine in 1822 (204 years ago).