#0167 · 🦊 mammals

Yellow Ground Squirrel

🇳🇱 Gele Grondeekhoorn ·Spermophilus fulvus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Vladimir Yu. Arkhipov · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky) · CC BY 4.0
3. © Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
4. © Abolfazl Joghatayi · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Быковский р-н, Волгоградская обл., Россия:© Aleksandr Popov / Александр Попов · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Samarcande, Ouzbékistan:© gimeu · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Shirvan, North Khorasan Province, Iran:© morkvonork · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Arys, Kazakhstan:© syrymbet · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. استان خراسان رضوی، مشهد، کوچه پامچال،, Iran:© Mahdi Naghibi · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Kharabalinskiy rayon, RU-AS, RU:© Евгений Попов · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The yellow ground squirrel ( Spermophilus fulvus ) is a large and sturdy species of ground squirrel with naked soles on the hind feet(excluding the heels). It is found in Afghanistan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Russia and on sandy steppes with Artemisia, glasswort and tamarisk. Is replaced by other ground squirrels in farmland and grassland. It is strictly diurnal and forages mainly in the morning when the vegetation is still damp. lives a very gregarious lifestyle...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 429iNaturalist 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.
429 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1823 (203 years ago).